bulldog

Etymology
, in reference to bullbaiting.

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) The original form of this breed, the British bulldog.
 * 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) * 2019, Thomas Merton, Patrick F. O'Connell, Medieval Cistercian History (page lxxiii)
 * and was confronted by a “bulldog,” a proctor's assistant in charge of discipline, who asked if he was a member of the university since he wasn't wearing a gown, and he was able to say that he wasn't,
 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  A bulldog edition.
 * 3) * 1940, Citizen Kane (film)
 * The bulldog's just gone to press.
 * 1) Any of various species of African freshwater fish in the genus, a type of elephantfish.
 * 2)  The children's game of  or Red Rover.
 * 1) Any of various species of African freshwater fish in the genus, a type of elephantfish.
 * 2)  The children's game of  or Red Rover.

Synonyms

 * English bulldog
 * See also Thesaurus:stubborn person

Translations

 * Arabic: بلدغ
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: buldogo
 * Finnish:
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 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: בולדוג
 * Hungarian:
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 * Korean:
 * Latin: molossus
 * Lithuanian: buldogas
 * Macedonian: булдог
 * Malay: anjing bulldog
 * Maltese: buldog
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: булдог, самсов
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: bulldog, buldog,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: buldog
 * Volapük: toradoeg
 * Yiddish: בולדאָג

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

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