bulldoze
bull·doze/ˈbʊldoʊz/verb
bulldoze is spelled B-U-L-L-D-O-Z-E: 8 letters and 2 syllables (bull·doze). It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,114th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, bulldoze means “To destroy with a bulldozer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in bulldoze?
| Letters | 8: B-U-L-L-D-O-Z-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: bull·doze |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 65,114th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is bulldoze?
Bulldoze appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,114th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce bulldoze?
- US /ˈbʊldoʊz/
- UK /ˈbʊldəʊz/
Bulldoze has 2 syllables, split bull·doze in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-bulldoze.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bulldoze
- bulldozes present, singular, he/she/it
- bulldozing participle, present
- bulldozed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bulldoze mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To destroy with a bulldozer.
He's certainly very chirpy for a man whose house has just been bulldozed down.
- 2
To push someone over by heading straight over them. Often used in conjunction with "over".
He just ran across the field bulldozing everyone over.
- 3
To push through forcefully.
- 4
To push into a heap, as a bulldozer does.
Again the animal had bulldozed all of its bedding into a heap at one end of its cage.
- 5
To shoot down an idea immediately and forcefully.
That was a good suggestion, but you just bulldozed it.
- 6
USdatedslangTo intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation or violence; used originally of the intimidation of black voters in Louisiana.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does bulldoze come from?
From earlier bulldose (noun, literally “bull-dose, a dose fit for a bull”), equivalent to bull + dose.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).