bulldog

Meaning

Noun

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. A stubborn or determined person.
4. A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill.
5. One of the proctors' officers.
6. 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.
7. A bulldog edition.
8. Any of various species of African freshwater fish in the genus Marcusenius, a type of elephantfish.
9. The children's game of British Bulldog or Red Rover.

Verb

1. To force oneself (in a particular direction).
2. To chase (a steer) on horseback and wrestle it to the ground by twisting its horns (as a rodeo performance).

Synonyms

English bulldog

stubborn

assault

besetting

come down

confirmed

dogged

doggedly

do-or-die

get

horsefly

insistent

intractable

obstinate

obstinately

persevering

persistent

pertinacious

pertinaciously

refractory

rip

set on

stiff-necked

stubbornly

tenacious

tough

turn on

lay into

tear into

adamantine

strongheaded

assail

Hyphenated as

bull‧dog

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbʊl.dɒɡ/

Etymology

From bull + dog, in reference to bullbaiting.