 bulldog |
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| 1. | [ verb ] throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo | |
| Related terms: | swim | |
| 2. | [ verb ] attack viciously and ferociously | |
| Related terms: | assail | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] stubbornly unyielding | |
| Synonyms: | dogged tenacious pertinacious unyielding dour | |
| Examples: | "dogged persistence" "dour determination" "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics" "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot "men tenacious of opinion" |
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| Related terms: | stubborn | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] resembling or pertaining to a bulldog | |
| Examples: | "A bulldog appearance" |
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| 5. | [ noun ] (zoology) a sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw; developed originally in England for bull baiting | |
| Synonyms: | English_bulldog | |
| Related terms: | working_dog French_bulldog | |
| Similar spelling: |
bulldoze bulldozer |
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