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bull-fighting

bull-fighting is the alternative spelling of bullfighting.

Meaning of bullfighting

Noun

bullfighting (usually uncountable, plural bullfightings)

  1. (usually) A traditional spectacle, popular in Spain and many former Spanish colonies, in which a matador manipulates and ultimately kills a bull at close range.
    • In Portugal, Spain, Southern France and some Latin American countries, bulls are used in the sport of bullfighting.2007, Wikipedia:Cattle

Forms of bull-fighting

pluralbull-fightings

Questions about bull-fighting

What is bull-fighting the alternative spelling of?
Bull-fighting is the alternative spelling of bullfighting.

Words near bull-fighting in the dictionary

  1. bull-daggers
  2. bull-dike
  3. bull-dikes
  4. bull-dyke
  5. bull-dykes
  6. bull-fighting
  7. bull-fightings
  8. bull-finch
  9. bull-finches
  10. bull-flies
  11. bull-fly

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