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bulldog
/ˈbʊl.dɔɡ/
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What does bulldog mean?
noun
- A breed of dog developed in England by the crossing of the bullbaiting dog and the Pug to produce a ladies' companion dog, having a very smooth coat, a flattened face, wrinkly cheeks, powerful front legs, and smaller hind legs.
- The original form of this breed, the English bulldog.
- A stubborn or determined person.
More meanings (9)
noun
- A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill.
- One of the proctors' officers.
- Any move in which the wrestler grabs an opponent's head and jumps forward, so that the wrestler lands, often in a sitting position, and drives the opponent's face into the mat.
- A bulldog edition.
- Any of various species of African freshwater fish in the genus Marcusenius, a type of elephantfish.
- The children's game of British Bulldog or Red Rover.
verb
- To force oneself (in a particular direction).
- To chase (a steer) on horseback and wrestle it to the ground by twisting its horns (as a rodeo performance).
proper noun
- A locality in the Clarence Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈbʊl.dɔɡ/
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"Opponents will say--'show them me.' I will answer yes, if you will show me every step between bulldog and greyhound."
For this reason it is important that the novice should give very careful consideration to his first purchase of a Bulldog.
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The London express came roaring into the station, and a small, wiry bulldog of a man had sprung from a first-class carriage.
A prize-winning mastiff or bulldog may be almost useless for the only purposes for which his kind is ever useful at all.
He has not the strength or reckless courage of the bulldog, but he has something a thousand times better, he has common sense.