bulldog

== English == === Etymology === From bull +‎ dog, in reference to bullbaiting. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbʊl.dɒɡ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbʊl.dɔɡ/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈbʊl.dɑɡ/ Hyphenation: bull‧dog === 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 British bulldog. A stubborn or determined person. A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill. (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, […] (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. (US, publishing) A bulldog edition. 1940, Citizen Kane (film) The bulldog's just gone to press. Any of various species of African freshwater fish in the genus Marcusenius, a type of elephantfish. (chiefly UK, sometimes capitalized) The children's game of British Bulldog or Red Rover. ==== Synonyms ==== (breed of dog) English bulldog See also Thesaurus:stubborn person ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== bull-bitch bull-pup ==== Descendants ==== → French: bouledogue → German: Bulldogge → Portuguese: buldogue ==== Translations ==== === Verb === bulldog (third-person singular simple present bulldogs, present participle bulldogging, simple past and past participle bulldogged) (intransitive, often with into or through) To force oneself (in a particular direction). Synonym: bull (transitive) To chase (a steer) on horseback and wrestle it to the ground by twisting its horns (as a rodeo performance). === Further reading === bulldog on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbul.dɔɡ/ Hyphenation: bull‧dog === Noun === bulldog m (plural bulldogs, diminutive bulldogje n) alternative form of buldog Synonym: bulhond == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bulldog. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bul.dɔɡ/ Rhymes: -uldɔɡ Hyphenation: bull‧dog === Noun === bulldog m (plural bulldogs) alternative spelling of bouledogue == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bulldog. === Pronunciation === === Noun === bulldog m (invariable) bulldog == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English bulldog. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: bull‧dog === Noun === bulldog m (plural bulldogs) alternative spelling of buldogue == Spanish == === Alternative forms === buldog === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English bulldog. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bulˈdoɡ/ [bul̪ˈd̪oɣ̞] Rhymes: -oɡ === Noun === bulldog m (plural bulldogs) bulldog ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === “bulldog”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025