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Bulldozer

/ˈbʊldoʊzɚ/

A tractor with an attached blade for pushing earth and building debris for coarse preliminary surface grading, demolishing building structures, etc.

📖 Definitions of "Bulldozer"

noun
  1. 1

    A tractor with an attached blade for pushing earth and building debris for coarse preliminary surface grading, demolishing building structures, etc.

  2. 2

    One who bulldozes.

  3. 3

    (chiefly in the plural) A member of a self-identified group of white US Southerners who colluded to influence outcomes of post-Reconstruction elections by intimidating, coercing and bullying black voters and legislators, including burning down houses and churches, flogging and murdering opponents.

  4. 4

    (by extension) A bully; an overbearing individual.

verb
  1. 1

    To bulldoze (push through forcefully).

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