bulldog
/ˈbʊl.dɔɡ/ verb C2- To force oneself (in a particular direction).
- To chase (a steer) on horseback and wrestle it to the ground by twisting its horns (as a rodeo performance).
He/she/it bulldogs · Past bulldogged · Past participle bulldogged · -ing form bulldogging
Verb forms
- Base form
- bulldog
- He/she/it
- bulldogs
- Past
- bulldogged
- Past participle
- bulldogged
- -ing form
- bulldogging
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
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He is as brave as a bulldog and as tenacious as a lobster if he gets his claws upon anyone.
The London express came roaring into the station, and a small, wiry bulldog of a man had sprung from a first-class carriage.
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