English

Noun

bulldog ‎(plural bulldogs)

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. British bulldog
3. A stubborn 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. (Britain, Oxford University, slang) One of the proctors' officers.
6. (pro 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.

Synonyms

• (breed of dog) English bulldog
• See also Wikisaurus:stubborn person

Derived terms

Translations

Related terms

• bull-bitch
• bull-pup

Quotations

• 1971, Carol King and Gerry Goffin, “Smackwater Jack”, Tapestry, Ode Records

  Big Jim the Chief stood for law and order.... Now from his bulldog mouth... Came the cry, “We got to ride to clean up the streets...!”

Verb

bulldog ‎(third-person singular simple present bulldogs, present participle bulldogging, simple past and past participle bulldogged)

1. (transitive) To chase (a steer) on horseback and wrestle it to the ground by twisting its horns (as a rodeo performance).

Portuguese

Noun

bulldog m (plural bulldogs)

1. Alternative form of buldogue

Spanish

Noun

bulldog m ‎(plural bulldogs)

1. Alternative form of buldog