# What do you call a sleeping bull?

Source: https://silverapuzzles.com/riddles/what-do-you-call-a-sleeping-bull

A construction-site pun hiding in a barnyard question. Combine the animal with a word for a light nap.

**Answer:** A bulldozer.

A bull that dozes is a bull-dozer.

Hint: Think construction.

## How to think about it

1. A sleeping bull is a bull that dozes, and “doze” is the key word, so hold on to it.
2. Say the two words together: bull dozes, bull-dozer.
3. The hint points to construction, where a big yellow machine shares that exact sound.
4. A sleeping bull is a bulldozer.

## Why “a bulldozer” is the answer

To doze is to sleep lightly, so a bull that dozes is a “bull-dozer”, and a bulldozer is the heavy machine that pushes earth around a building site. The joke works because the machine’s name splits into two ordinary words. It is a short pun, which is why it travels so well among children, and it works in writing as well as out loud because the spelling matches.

## Common wrong answers

- **A lazy bull.** Accurate but not a pun.
- **A bull in a china shop.** That is a saying about clumsiness, and the bull in it is wide awake.