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bulldog
[ bool-dawg, -dog ]
noun
- one of an English breed of medium-sized, short-haired, muscular dogs with prominent, undershot jaws, usually having a white and tan or brindled coat, raised originally for bullbaiting.
- Informal. a stubbornly persistent person.
- a short-barreled revolver of large caliber.
- Metallurgy. slag from a puddling furnace.
- an assistant to the proctor at Oxford and Cambridge universities.
adjective
- like or characteristic of a bulldog or of a bulldog's jaws:
bulldog obstinacy.
verb (used with object)
- to attack in the manner of a bulldog.
- Western U.S. to throw (a calf, steer, etc.) to the ground by seizing the horns and twisting the head.
bulldog
/ ˈʊˌɒɡ /
noun
- a sturdy thickset breed of dog with an undershot jaw, short nose, broad head, and a muscular body
- (at Oxford University) an official who accompanies the proctors on ceremonial occasions
- commerce a fixed-interest bond issued in Britain by a foreign borrower
Other 51Թ Forms
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Example Sentences
“No one who sees me in action would doubt that I remain the bulldog that I am,” Connolly said at the time, about 135 days before announcing his retirement from public life.
Ralph's owners received confirmation that he was an American bulldog four days after he was confiscated.
Nobody knows what happened during the two years that a French bulldog named Havoc went missing.
In Lisa's case, she had been on a walk with her terrier, Duke, in June when a French bulldog attacked him.
“Meanwhile, during tonight’s ceremony, the winds were over 40 miles an hour. Yeah. Biden’s skin looked like when a bulldog sticks his head out of the car window.”
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