bulldog
Syllables: bull·dog/ˈbʊl.dɒɡ/US/ˈbʊl.dɔɡ/
bulldog 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.
Noun
bulldog (plural bulldogs)
- 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.
- The original form of this breed, the English bulldog.
- 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.
- A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill.
- One of the proctors' officers.
- […] 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, […]2019, Thomas Merton, Patrick F. O'Connell, Medieval Cistercian History (page lxxiii)
- 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.
- A bulldog edition.
- The bulldog's just gone to press.1940, Citizen Kane (film)
- Any of various species of African freshwater fish in the genus Marcusenius, a type of elephantfish.
- The children's game of British Bulldog or Red Rover.
- "... playing bulldog in the yard so I know you're fit enough to fight. Have you decided when you're coming back?”2008 08, Christ Kennedy, Two Sons Nelson, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 304
- […] playing bulldog on the plaza in front of the meeting hall.2010 April 29, Bill Svelmoe, Spirits Eat Ripe Papaya, Wipf and Stock Publishers, →ISBN, page 138
Verb
bulldog (third-person singular simple present bulldogs, present participle bulldogging, simple past and past participle bulldogged)
- To force oneself (in a particular direction).
- 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.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 Jul 2022
- Synonyms:
- bull
- To chase (a steer) on horseback and wrestle it to the ground by twisting its horns (as a rodeo performance).
Proper noun capitalized: Bulldog
Bulldog
- A locality in the Clarence Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
bulldog meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
bulldog in Hindi
- बुलडॉग, बुलडोग, बुलडॉग करना
bulldog in Tamil
- பெருநாய்
bulldog in Marathi
- बुलडॉग, बुलडोग, बुलडॉगला
bulldog in Urdu
- بلڈوگ, بلڈاگ
More languagesFewer languages
- bulldog in Bengali
- বুলডগ, বুলডগ করা
- bulldog in Telugu
- బుల్డాగ్
- bulldog in Malayalam
- ബുൾഡോഗ്, ബുൾഡാഗ്
- bulldog in Kannada
- ಬುಲ್ಡಾಗ್, ಬುಲಡಾಗ್
- bulldog in Punjabi
- ਬੁਲਡੌਗ, ਬੁੱਲਡੌਗ, ਬੂਲਡੌਗ
- bulldog in Gujarati
- બુલડોગ, બુલડૉગ
- bulldog in Odia
- ବୁଲଡଗ୍, ବୁଲ୍ଡଗ୍, ବୁଲଡଗ
- bulldog in Nepali
- बुलडोग, बुलडग, बुलडॉग
- bulldog in Tagalog
- buldog
- bulldog in Arabic
- بلدغ
- bulldog in Malay
- anjing bulldog
Examples of bulldog in a sentence
- […] playing bulldog, that game where you have two teams, one team runs and the other one catches.2018, Avril Brock, Pam Jarvis, Yinka Olusoga, Perspectives on Play: Learning for Life:
- Once Tyson skidded on some wet leaves when he and his friends were playing Bulldog in the park.2018 June 14, Irvine Welsh, A.L. Kennedy, Meera Syal, John Niven, Pauline Melville, Daisy Buchanan, Christopher Brookmyre, Zoe Venditozzi...
Synonyms of bulldog
Forms of bulldog
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | bulldogs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | bulldogs |
| present participle | bulldogging |
| past participle | bulldogged |
| past | bulldogged |
Origin of bulldog
From bull + dog, in reference to bullbaiting.
Words formed from bulldog
Phrases with bulldog
Questions about bulldog
- What does bulldog mean?
- Bulldog means 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.
- What is bulldog in Hindi?
- Bulldog in Hindi is बुलडॉग, बुलडोग, बुलडॉग करना. See Bulldog meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use bulldog in a sentence?
- […] playing bulldog, that game where you have two teams, one team runs and the other one catches.
- What part of speech is bulldog?
- Bulldog can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce bulldog?
- Bulldog is pronounced /ˈbʊl.dɒɡ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bulldog?
- The plural of bulldog is bulldogs.
Words near bulldog in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bulldog (page history and authors); Bulldog (page history and authors); bulldog (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bulldog (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bulldog (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bulldog (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bulldog (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bulldog (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bulldog (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bulldog (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bulldog (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bulldog (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bulldog (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bulldog (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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