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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
- bulldoggedness noun
- bulldogger noun
Example Sentences
The bulldog was taken by the group during a burglary in California and was among the stolen items recovered, according to Scottsdale police.
Clinging to the chassis of an airplane with the wind plastering his hair to his forehead and oscillating his gums like bulldog in a convertible, he is, in fact, exceedingly flapped.
“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.
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