bulldog has definitions from the field of zoology
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

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"

Related terms

stubborn

4
[ adjective ] resembling or pertaining to a bulldog

Examples

"A bulldog appearance"

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

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