— bulldoggedness , n. — bulldogger , n.
/bool"dawg', -dog'/ , n., adj., v., bulldogged, bulldogging .
n.
1. one of an English breed of medium-sized, short-haired, muscular dogs with prominent, undershot jaws, usually having a white and tan or brindled coat, raised originally for bullbaiting.
2. Informal. a stubbornly persistent person.
3. a short-barreled revolver of large caliber.
4. Metall. slag from a puddling furnace.
5. an assistant to the proctor at Oxford and Cambridge universities.
adj.
6. like or characteristic of a bulldog or of a bulldog's jaws: bulldog obstinacy.
v.t.
7. to attack in the manner of a bulldog.
8. Western U.S. to throw (a calf, steer, etc.) to the ground by seizing the horns and twisting the head.
[ 1490-1500; BULL 1 + DOG ]