bull terrier

or bull·ter·ri·er

[ bool-ter-ee-er ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

one of an English breed of medium-sized, short-haired dogs having a white, brindled, or tan and white coat, produced by crossing the bulldog and the terrier.

bull terrier

See Staffordshire bull terrier, pit bull terrier
a breed of terrier having a muscular body and thick neck, with a short smooth often white coat: developed by crossing the bulldog with various terriers See also pit bull terrier Staffordshire bull terrier

First recorded in 1840–50; bull(dog) + terrier ¹

He also said police intend to put their beloved family pet, a Staffordshire bull terrier named Excalibur, to sleep.

Elizabeth is writing a social history of the American pit bull terrier.

The females have no snout development and some of them facially very much resemble a bull terrier.

A good man is as full of bounce as a cat with a small boy and a bull terrier after him.

At that moment a big bull-terrier came rushing up, open-mouthed, pranced his two paws on the youth's shoulders, licking his face.

Just at this moment Looloo, our French bull terrier, became sick.

Max leaned over, took my bull-terrier by the neck and deposited him on his lap.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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