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Bulldog
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- 1 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.
- 2 a sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw; developed originally in England for bull baiting wordnet
- 3 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 British bulldog.
- 4 A stubborn or determined person.
"We need a lawyer who will fight for our case, a real bulldog."
- 5 A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill.
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- 6 One of the proctors' officers. UK
"[…] and was confronted by a “bulldog,” a proctor's assistant in charge of discipline, who asked if he was a member of the university since he wasn't wearing a gown, and he was able to say that he wasn't, […]"
- 7 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.
- 8 A bulldog edition. US
"The bulldog's just gone to press."
- 9 Any of various species of African freshwater fish in the genus Marcusenius, a type of elephantfish.
- 10 The children's game of British Bulldog or Red Rover. UK, capitalized, sometimes
""... playing bulldog in the yard so I know you're fit enough to fight. Have you decided when you're coming back?”"
- 1 To force oneself (in a particular direction). intransitive, often
"So to give you some idea, we had scenarios where Yamato came steaming over the horizon and just bulldogged its way straight through the American battleline, and the whole thing was done and dusted inside of an hour, with 18-inch shells just blowing apart anything in sight."
- 2 throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo wordnet
- 3 To chase (a steer) on horseback and wrestle it to the ground by twisting its horns (as a rodeo performance). transitive
- 4 attack viciously and ferociously wordnet
Etymology
From bull + dog, in reference to bullbaiting.
From bull + dog, in reference to bullbaiting.
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