BULLDOG

I. noun Date: circa 1500 any of a breed of compact muscular short-haired dogs having widely separated forelegs and an undershot lower jaw that were developed in England to fight bulls, a handgun with a thick usually short barrel, a proctor's attendant at an English university, II. adjective Date: 1816 suggestive of a ~ , III. transitive verb Date: 1905 to throw (a steer) by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, ~ger noun ~ging noun