<B>bulldoze, </B>transitive verb, <B>-dozed,</B> <B>-dozing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Informal.) to frighten, sometimes by violence or threats; bully. <BR> <I>Ex. The chairman tried to bulldoze the committee into voting for his proposal. When he tried to bulldoze Jordan's Premier, the Premier resigned (Time).</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>to move, clear, dig, or level with a bulldozer. <BR> <I>Ex. But the houses have been bulldozed down to make this new thoroughfare (Listener).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Figurative.) to force through or away; railroad. <BR> <I>Ex. [He] bulldozed his idea through all opposition (Maclean's).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to flog severely. </DL>
<A NAME="bulldozer">
<B>bulldozer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>a powerful tractor with a wide steel blade that pushes rocks, earth, trees, or brush, used especially for grading, road building, and clearing land. <DD><B> b. </B>the blade. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) a person who bullies or frightens another, sometimes by violence or threats. <DD><B> 3. </B>(U.S. Slang.) a large pistol. </DL>
<A NAME="bullet">
<B>bullet, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a piece of lead, steel, or other metal, shaped to be fired from a pistol, rifle, or other small gun. <DD><B> 2. </B>a small, round ball. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative:) <BR> <I>Ex. The alternating gradient synchrotron ... accelerates proton "bullets" to energies of 33,000,000,000 electron volts (New York Times).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to go swiftly, like a bullet; shoot. <BR> <I>Ex. The ball bulleted past us. The road ... goes bulleting off through the mountains (Saturday Review).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>bite the bullet,</B> </I>to act with courage; submit to something painful without protest or delay. <BR> <I>Ex. The former film star added that college administrators should be willing to "bite the bullet" and stand up to demonstrators (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="bullethead">
<B>bullethead, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a round head. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person with such a head. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Informal.) a pig-headed, obstinate person. </DL>
<A NAME="bulletheaded">
<B>bullet-headed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a round head. </DL>
<A NAME="bulletin">
<B>bulletin, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1a. </B>a short statement of news. <BR> <I>Ex. Sports bulletins and weather bulletins are published in most newspapers.</I> (SYN) report. <DD><B> b. </B>a statement for the information of the public, especially by an authority. <BR> <I>Ex. Doctors issue bulletins about the condition of certain of their well-known patients.</I> <DD> (Abbr:) bull. <DD><B> 2. </B>a magazine or newspaper appearing regularly. <BR> <I>Ex. Our club publishes a bulletin each month.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) an official certificate. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to make known by a bulletin. <BR> <I>Ex. News of its recovery was bulletined to observatories in the Western Hemisphere (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="bulletinboard">
<B>bulletin board,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a board on which notices are posted. <DD><B> 2. </B>a computer service that displays information, messages, and news to subscribers and often allows them to communicate directly with each other. <BR> <I>Ex. The best way to tap into the free software market is to belong to a user's group or find the local computer bulletin board (Washington Post).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="bulletproof">
<B>bulletproof, </B>adjective, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> that will not let bullets through; resistant to bullets. <BR> <I>Ex. a bulletproof jacket.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to make bulletproof. </DL>
<A NAME="bulletwood">
<B>bulletwood, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the wood of the bully tree. <DD><B> 2. </B>the bully tree. </DL>
<B>bullfight, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a fight between men and a bull in an arena. Bullfights are popular in Spain, Portugal, Mexico, and parts of South America. </DL>
<A NAME="bullfighter">
<B>bullfighter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a man who fights a bull in an arena; matador. </DL>
<A NAME="bullfighting">
<B>bullfighting, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the sport of fighting a bull in an arena. <BR> <I>Ex. For more than seven centuries, bullfighting has been Spain's reigning craze and pastime (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="bullfinch">
<B>bullfinch</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a European and Asiatic songbird. The male has a blue and gray back and light-red breast and a short, stout bill. It is related to the grosbeaks. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of various other related birds, especially any one of various North American gray grosbeaks. </DL>
<A NAME="bullfinch">
<B>bullfinch</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a hedge too high for a horse to jump in hunting. </DL>
<A NAME="bullfrog">
<B>bullfrog, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a large frog of North America that makes a loud, croaking noise. </DL>
<A NAME="bullhead">
<B>bullhead, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of several American catfishes which have large, broad heads and hornlike growths near their mouths. <DD><B> 2. </B>a stupid fellow; blockhead. <DD><B> 3. </B>a sculpin or miller's-thumb. <DD><B> 4. </B><B>=golden plover.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="bullheaded">
<B>bullheaded, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>stupidly stubborn; obstinate; headstrong. <BR> <I>Ex. Bullheaded opposition has finally defeated many good plans.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>having a large, broad head like a bull's. adv. <B>bullheadedly.</B> noun <B>bullheadedness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="bullheadshark">
<B>bullhead shark,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small, brown shark of the Pacific and Indian Oceans that feeds on mollusks and is not dangerous to man. </DL>
<A NAME="bullhorn">
<B>bullhorn, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a megaphone or loudspeaker, especially a portable, battery-powered loudspeaker. </DL>
<A NAME="bullhornacacia">
<B>bullhorn acacia,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an acacia native to Mexico that has thorns in pairs like the horns of cattle. </DL>
<A NAME="bullion">
<B>bullion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>uncoined gold or silver in the form of bars or ingots. <DD><B> b. </B>gold or silver in the mass. <DD><B> c. </B>coin, plate, or the like, considered only with reference to metallic value. <DD><B> 2. </B>a cordlike trimming made of twisted gold or silver thread. </DL>
<A NAME="bullionism">
<B>bullionism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the doctrine or system of an exclusively metallic currency, or a metallic currency combined with a convertible paper currency. noun <B>bullionist.</B> </DL>
<B>bullish, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>like a bull in manner or temper. <DD><B> 2a. </B>trying to raise prices or tending to raise prices, especially in the stock market. <BR> <I>Ex. a bullish buyer.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>prompted by the expectation that prices will rise. <BR> <I>Ex. a bullish market.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>hopeful or confident; optimistic. <BR> <I>Ex. I'm bullish about next year's business prospects</I> adv. <B>bullishly.</B> noun <B>bullishness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="bullmarket">
<B>bull market,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a generally rising market. <BR> <I>Ex. Symptoms of the rise of speculative activity have been apparent in the recent bull market (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="bullmastiff">
<B>bull-mastiff</B> or <B>bullmastiff, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a fearless, agile dog with a dense coat, a cross between a bulldog and mastiff. </DL>
<A NAME="bullmoose">
<B>Bull Moose,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a member of the Progressive Party led by Theodore Roosevelt in the presidential election of 1912. <DD><B> 2. </B>the emblem or symbol of this party. </DL>
<A NAME="bullnecked">
<B>bullnecked, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a thick neck. <BR> <I>Ex. ... a two-fisted, stocky, bullnecked veteran of 39 years of moving freight (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="bullnettle">
<B>bull nettle,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a silvery-leaved, prickly weed of the nightshade family. </DL>
<A NAME="bullock">
<B>bullock, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>an ox; steer. <DD><B> 2. </B>a young bull; bull calf. <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to force (a way) through people or a situation. </DL>
<B>bullock shell,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of small, thick pearl oyster, inhabiting tropical America. </DL>
<A NAME="bullocksoriole">
<B>Bullock's oriole,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an oriole of the western part of North America, with orange and black feathers. </DL>
<A NAME="bullocky">
<B>bullocky, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ockies,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Australian.) <DD><I>noun </I> the driver of a team of bullocks used for hauling. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>resembling that of a bullock; oxlike. <BR> <I>Ex. bullocky noises.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>having to do with driving bullocks or managing cattle. </DL>
<A NAME="bullous">
<B>bullous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or characterized by the eruption of large blisters. </DL>
<A NAME="bullpen">
<B>bull pen,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Baseball.) <DD><B> a. </B>a place outside the playing limits in which baseball relief pitchers warm up during a game. <DD><B> b. </B>the relief pitchers on a baseball team. <BR> <I>Ex. a strong bull pen.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Slang.) <DD><B> a. </B>a temporary prison. <DD><B> b. </B>a room in a jail or adjoining a court where a number of prisoners are temporarily confined together. <DD><B> c. </B>a jail of any kind. <DD><B> 3. </B>a pen for a bull or bulls. <DD><B> 4. </B>(U.S. Slang.) any room or section of a building used by unassigned or reserve members of an office force. <DD><B> 5. </B>(U.S. Slang.) the bunk room of a lumber camp. </DL>
<A NAME="bullpoint">
<B>bull point,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a point scored against an opponent; an advantage. <BR> <I>Ex. A bull point for the Lancashire and Midland operators, though not for London, is the new monopoly position within the companies' own areas (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="bullpout">
<B>bullpout, </B>noun. <B>=hornpout.</B></DL>
<A NAME="bullpuncher">
<B>bull-puncher, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Australian.) a driver of bullocks. </DL>
<A NAME="bullring">
<B>bull ring,</B> or <B>bullring, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an arena for bullfights. </DL>
