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bull-necked
[ bool-nekt ]
adjective
- having a short, thick neck.
bull-necked
adjective
- having a short thick neck
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bull-necked1
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Example Sentences
Savello was a middle-sized, stout man, with a great round belly and a fat red face, double-chinned and bull-necked.
He was rather short of stature, bullet-headed and bull-necked, with a sloping forehead and a somewhat underslung chin.
We watched the big bull-necked stags as they challenged one another, pawing the dust or kneeling to tear the sod with their horns.
He dressed at last and stood like a lamb—a redfaced, bull-necked lamb— while Mrs. Jobson fastened his collar for him.
From one of the teams a bull-necked fellow stepped up to him.
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