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bull-baiting

bull-baiting is the alternative form of bullbaiting.

Meaning of bullbaiting

Noun

bullbaiting (countable and uncountable, plural bullbaitings)

  1. An old blood sport involving the baiting of bulls with dogs.
  2. A process in which a person is subjected to simulated threats and verbal abuse but must not respond.

Questions about bull-baiting

What is bull-baiting the alternative form of?
Bull-baiting is the alternative form of bullbaiting.

Words near bull-baiting in the dictionary

  1. bull's eye
  2. bull's eyes
  3. bull's nose
  4. bull's-eye
  5. bull's-eyes
  6. bull-baiting
  7. bull-bitch
  8. bull-bitches
  9. bull-dagger
  10. bull-daggers
  11. bull-dike

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