BULLDOG
\bˈʊldɒɡ], \bˈʊldɒɡ], \b_ˈʊ_l_d_ɒ_ɡ]\
Definitions of BULLDOG
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
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attack viciously and ferociously
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a sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw; developed originally in England for bull baiting
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stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion"
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throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo
By Princeton University
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attack viciously and ferociously
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a sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw; developed originally in England for bull baiting
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stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion"
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resembling or pertaining to a bulldog; "A bulldog appearance"
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throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill.
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Characteristic of, or like, a bulldog; stubborn; as, bulldog courage; bulldog tenacity.
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A variety of dog, of remarkable ferocity, courage, and tenacity of grip; - so named, probably, from being formerly employed in baiting bulls.
By Oddity Software
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A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill.
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Characteristic of, or like, a bulldog; stubborn; as, bulldog courage; bulldog tenacity.
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A variety of dog, of remarkable ferocity, courage, and tenacity of grip; - so named, probably, from being formerly employed in baiting bulls.
By Noah Webster.
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A dog of strong muscular build, remarkable for its courage and fierceness.
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Having courage and the quality of holding to a thing.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A kind of dog of great courage, formerly used for baiting bulls: a cant name for a pistol. " 'I have always a brace of bulldogs about me.' ... So saying, he exhibited a very handsome, highly finished, and richly mounted pair of pistols."-Sir W. Scott. Also a bailiff. "I sent for a couple of bulldogs and arrested him."-Farquhar.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald