bulldoze
pronunciation
How to pronounce bulldoze in British English:
UK [ˈbʊldəʊz]
How to pronounce bulldoze in American English:
US [ˈbʊldoʊz]
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- Verb:
- flatten with or as if with a bulldozer
Word Origin
- bulldoze (v.)
- by 1880, from an earlier noun, bulldose "a severe beating or lashing" (1876), literally "a dose fit for a bull," a slang word referring to the intimidation beating of black voters (by either blacks or whites) in the chaotic 1876 U.S. presidential election. See bull (n.1) + dose (n.). Related: Bulldozed; bulldozing.
Example
- 1. They failed to bulldoze the amendment through congress .
- 2. Now the local government wants to bulldoze what 's left .
- 3. Why did you bulldoze me into buying you coffee ?
- 4. Don 't let him bulldoze you .
- 5. They bulldoze him into signing the contract .