bulldog

bull +‎ dog, in reference to bullbaiting.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbʊl.dɒɡ/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbʊl.dɔɡ/
• (Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈbʊl.dɑɡ/
• Hyphenation: bull‧dog

bulldog (plural bulldogs)

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.
   1. The original form of this breed, the British bulldog.
2. A stubborn or determined person.

   We need a lawyer who will fight for our case, a real bulldog.

   His bulldog determination was destined to bring him the opportunity he was seeking.

3. A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill.
4. (UK, Oxford University slang) One of the proctors' officers.
   • 2019, Thomas Merton, ‎ Patrick F. O'Connell, Medieval Cistercian History (page lxxiii)

     […] 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, […]

5. (professional wrestling) 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.
6. (US, publishing) A bulldog edition.
   • 1940, Citizen Kane (film)

     The bulldog's just gone to press.

7. Any of various species of African freshwater fish in the genus Marcusenius, a type of elephantfish.

• 1971, Carol King and Gerry Goffin, “Smackwater Jack”, Tapestry, Ode Records

  Big Jim the Chief stood for law and order.... Now from his bulldog mouth... Came the cry, “We got to ride to clean up the streets...!”

• (breed of dog) English bulldog
• See also Thesaurus:stubborn person

• bull-bitch
• bull-pup

• → French: bouledogue
• → German: Bulldogge
• → Portuguese: buldogue

bulldog (third-person singular simple present bulldogs, present participle bulldogging, simple past and past participle bulldogged)

1. (intransitive, often with into or through) To force oneself (in a particular direction).

   Synonym: bull

   • 2019 March 6, Drachinifel, 14:01 from the start, in The Battle of Samar (Alternate History) - Bring on the Battleships!‎, archived from the original on 20 July 2022:

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

• bulldog on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• IPA^(key): /ˈbul.dɔɡ/

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• Hyphenation: bull‧dog

bulldog m (plural bulldogs, diminutive bulldogje n)

1. Alternative form of buldog.

   Synonym: bulhond

Borrowed from English bulldog.

• IPA^(key): /bul.dɔɡ/
• Rhymes: -uldɔɡ
• Hyphenation: bull‧dog

bulldog m (plural bulldogs)

1. Alternative spelling of bouledogue

Unadapted borrowing from English bulldog.

• Hyphenation: bull‧dog

bulldog m (plural bulldogs)

1. Alternative spelling of buldogue

• buldog

Unadapted borrowing from English bulldog.

• IPA^(key): /bulˈdoɡ/ [bul̪ˈd̪oɣ̞]
• Rhymes: -oɡ

bulldog m (plural bulldogs)

1. bulldog

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