bulldozer

== English == === Etymology === Originally bull-dozer (1875, Louisiana, US), in the bullier and terrorizer sense; bulldoze +‎ -er. The name for the earthmoving machine came later, figuratively, from that sense. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbʊlˌdoʊzɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbʊlˌdəʊzə/ === Noun === bulldozer (plural bulldozers) A tractor with caterpillar tracks and an attached blade for pushing earth and building debris for coarse preliminary surface grading, demolishing building structures, etc. Synonym: dozer (clipping) Hypernym: heavy equipment Coordinate terms: backhoe, front-end loader, grader One who bulldozes. (historical, chiefly in the plural) A member of a self-identified group of white US Southerners who colluded to influence outcomes of post-Reconstruction elections by intimidating, coercing and bullying black voters and legislators, including burning down houses and churches, flogging and murdering opponents. (by extension) A bully; an overbearing individual. ==== Synonyms ==== (member of intimidating white US Southerners): regulator blade (slang, 1940s and after) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === bulldozer (third-person singular simple present bulldozers, present participle bulldozering, simple past and past participle bulldozered) To bulldoze (demolish with a bulldozer). To bulldoze (push through forcefully). === Further reading === bulldozer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Danish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bulldozer. === Noun === bulldozer c (definite plural bulldozeren, indefinite plural bulldozere, definite plural bulldozerne) a bulldozer (crawler tractor with an attached blade) == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bulldozer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bul.do.zɛʁ/, /byl.../, /...zœʁ/ === Noun === bulldozer m (plural bulldozers) bulldozer Synonyms: bouldozeur, bull === Further reading === “bulldozer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bulldozer. === Pronunciation === === Noun === bulldozer m (invariable) bulldozer Synonym: apripista == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English bulldozer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bulˈdouseɾ/ [bul̪ˈd̪ou̯.seɾ] Rhymes: -ouseɾ Rhymes: -eɾ === Noun === bulldozer m (plural bulldozers) alternative form of buldócer ==== 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 === “bulldozer”, 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 Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “bulldozer”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation] == Swedish == === Noun === bulldozer c a bulldozer ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== schaktmaskin === References === bulldozer in Svensk ordbok (SO) bulldozer in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)