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bulldog

[ bool-dawg, -dog ]

noun

  1. 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.
  2. Informal. a stubbornly persistent person.
  3. a short-barreled revolver of large caliber.
  4. Metallurgy. slag from a puddling furnace.
  5. an assistant to the proctor at Oxford and Cambridge universities.


adjective

  1. like or characteristic of a bulldog or of a bulldog's jaws:

    bulldog obstinacy.

verb (used with object)

, bull·dogged, bull·dog·ging.
  1. to attack in the manner of a bulldog.
  2. Western U.S. to throw (a calf, steer, etc.) to the ground by seizing the horns and twisting the head.

bulldog

/ ˈbʊlˌdɒɡ /

noun

  1. a sturdy thickset breed of dog with an undershot jaw, short nose, broad head, and a muscular body
  2. (at Oxford University) an official who accompanies the proctors on ceremonial occasions
  3. commerce a fixed-interest bond issued in Britain by a foreign borrower
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • bulldogged·ness noun
  • bulldogger noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bulldog1

First recorded in 1490–1500; bull 1 + dog
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Example Sentences

Despite her challenges, the 12-year-old bulldog mix shines in the limelight, lapping up the attention like a stouter Dolly Parton.

The story begins with Monsanto’s founder John Queeny, a tenacious bulldog of a man, the son of Irish immigrants who sold miracle elixirs and quack cures to wholesalers along with bona fide pharmaceuticals.

He has put his political weight instead behind a quirky vaccination sweepstakes named after his bulldog.

His parents got him a bulldog mix, Delilah, to take care of, and he’s taken up chess to keep his mind occupied.

After requesting a few known toys, the dog’s owner asked the pet to bring the bulldog.

But he thought he might bulldog the case for a while and find a wedge for a lawsuit.

Darren Criss of Glee guest stars in the video as the angry bulldog boyfriend of the poodle.

He seems much more vulnerable now—much more three-dimensional than the macho bulldog we first met in Season 1.

One surprise: the English bulldog finally waddled into the top five, a ranking it had not received in 75 years.

“Every time I turn on the TV, I see a bulldog in a commercial,” she said.

But to-day, though he sees, the power of believing in his own vision and of hanging on to it like a bulldog, seems paralysed.

He was crotchetty and impracticable, a man of rash judgment and hasty action-as brave and as tenacious as a bulldog.

A man who doesn't know a bulldog from a bed-spring isn't likely to be offering a thousand dollars to avenge the death of one.

And now, you young bulldog, back to your room and shake yourself together.

Set a bulldog on hind legs, and dress him up in coat and breeches, and yo'n just getten John Thornton.'

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