# bulldog

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbʊl.dɒɡ/ · frequency rank #17,562

## Definitions
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. 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.
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. 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.
7. A bulldog edition.
8. Any of various species of African freshwater fish in the genus Marcusenius, a type of elephantfish.
9. The children's game of British Bulldog or Red Rover.

## Etymology
From bull + dog, in reference to bullbaiting.

## Easily confused with
- **bullion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bulldog-vs-bullion)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bbulldog`, `bluldog`, `buldlog`, `buldog`, `bullddog`, `bulldgo`, `bulldogg`, `bullodg`, `ublldog`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bulldog