bulldog vs dare

bulldog

verb
  • To force oneself (in a particular direction). 

  • To chase (a steer) on horseback and wrestle it to the ground by twisting its horns (as a rodeo performance). 

noun
  • 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. 

  • 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. 

  • A stubborn or determined person. 

  • The original form of this breed, the British bulldog. 

  • A bulldog edition. 

  • Any of various species of African freshwater fish in the genus Marcusenius, a type of elephantfish. 

  • One of the proctors' officers. 

  • A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill. 

dare

verb
  • To defy or challenge (someone to do something) 

  • To terrify; to daunt. 

  • To have enough courage (to do something). 

  • To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to 

  • To catch (larks) by producing terror through the use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them. 

noun
  • The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness. 

  • A challenge to prove courage. 

  • In the game truth or dare, the choice to perform a dare set by the other players. 

  • A small fish, the dace 

  • Defiance; challenge. 

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