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Definition of Bulldog

1. Verb. Attack viciously and ferociously.

2. Noun. A sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw; developed originally in England for bull baiting.

3. Verb. Throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo.

Definition of Bulldog

1. n. A variety of dog, of remarkable ferocity, courage, and tenacity of grip; -- so named, probably, from being formerly employed in baiting bulls.

2. a. Characteristic of, or like, a bulldog; stubborn; as, bulldog courage; bulldog tenacity.

Definition of Bulldog

1. 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. ¹

2. Noun. A shortened form of British bulldog. ¹

3. Noun. A stubborn person. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To chase (a steer) on horseback and wrestle it to the ground by twisting its horns (as a rodeo performance). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bulldog

1. to throw a steer [v -DOGGED, -DOGGING, -DOGS]

Medical Definition of Bulldog

1. 1. A variety of dog, of remarkable ferocity, courage, and tenacity of grip; so named, probably, from being formerly employed in baiting bulls. 2. A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill. Characteristic of, or like, a bulldog; stubborn; as, bulldog courage; bulldog tenacity. Bulldog bat, a bat of the genus Nyctinomus; so called from the shape of its face. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bulldog

bullauns bullbaiting bullbaitings bullbar bullbars bullbat bullbats bullbeggar bullbeggars bullbrier

bullbriers bullcomber bulldaggers bulldog (current term) bulldog ant bulldog calf bulldog clip bulldog forceps bulldog gravies bulldog gravy

bulldog head bulldog wrench bulldogged bulldogger bulldoggers bulldogging bulldoggings bulldogs

Literary usage of Bulldog

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1861)
"I will now call upon Sir Leopold M'Clintock to read the first paper that is set down on the list. Tho Papers read were— 1. Surveys of HMS bulldog. By Capt. ..."

2. Explaining the Britishers: The Story of England's Mighty Effort in Liberty's by Frederic William Wile (1919)
"That is why men of the British race have come to be known as "the bulldog breed." They had that reputation long before this war, ..."

3. The Dogs of the British Islands: Being a Series of Articles on the Points of by John Henry Walsh (1882)
"ZDOO-S. CHAPTER I. THE bulldog AND MASTIFF. THE bulldog. NTTL the early part of the nineteenth century the bulldog was bred with great care in this country ..."

4. The Complete Dog Book by William A. Bruette (1922)
"THE FRENCH bulldog Authorities are of the opinion that the French bulldog is strictly of French origin, yet they are willing to admit that in recent years ..."

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