[
US
/ˈbʊɫˌdɔɡ/
]
[ UK /bˈʊldɒɡ/ ]
[ UK /bˈʊldɒɡ/ ]
VERB
- throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo
- attack viciously and ferociously
NOUN
- a sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw; developed originally in England for bull baiting
How To Use bulldog In A Sentence
- A second cluster of dogs consists of mastiff-like breeds, including the bulldog, Rottweiler, and boxer.
- I'm going for the British bulldog. The Sun
- She had a face on her like a bulldog chewing a wasp. The Sun
- Feeding mashed carrot into a mouth clamped shut like a bulldog clip. Times, Sunday Times
- He rode steers for four years in the rodeo, and tried his hand at bulldogging.
- A stocky white dog, which looked like a bulldog, came charging through a hedge straight for Milly, with its owner strolling behind.
- Assistant coach Andre Human said he wasn't entirely happy with the scrumming of the Bulldogs and would be working on that.
- When the Football Focus crew opened the door to Frank Lampard's London flat, the Chelsea player had to grab the collar of his bulldog Reggie to stop the dog charging us - in the way overexcitable puppies do.
- News of the fatal attack has prompted enquiries from prospective owners to kennels that raise the dogs, which were originally bred from cattle dogs, mastiffs and bulldogs brought to the Canary Islands by British settlers.
- Molly, an English bulldog, graduated recruit training with Platoon 2103, Company G, in October, then took up duties as the depot mascot.
