Bulldog

Quick meaning: Bulldog is a noun meaning A stubborn or determined person.

Meaning

A stubborn or determined person.

More Meanings

1. A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill.
2. (UK, Oxford University slang) One of the proctors' officers.
3. (US, publishing) A bulldog edition.
4. Any of various species of African freshwater fish in the genus Marcusenius, a type of elephantfish.
5. (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.
6. 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.
7. (chiefly UK, sometimes capitalized) The children's game of British Bulldog or Red Rover.

Example Sentences

The bulldog's just gone to press.

We need a lawyer who will fight for our case, a real bulldog.

[…] playing bulldog on the plaza in front of the meeting hall.

His bulldog determination was destined to bring him the opportunity he was seeking.

Word Forms

• bulldogs
• bulldogging
• bulldogged

Synonyms for bulldog

Depending on context, synonyms include bull, dour, tenacious, pertinacious, unyielding, stubborn.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dour, tenacious, stubborn, pertinacious, dogged, unyielding.

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