pit bull terrier
See also: pitbull terrier
English
editNoun
editpit bull terrier (plural pit bull terriers)
- A medium-sized dog historically bred for dogfighting.
Synonyms
edit- pibble (informal), pit (slang), pit bull, pittie (informal), shitbull (pejorative), velvet hippo (slang)
Hypernyms
editTranslations
editbreed of dog
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See also
edit- Staffordshire bull terrier
- bull terrier, bullterrier
- American pit bull terrier
- American Staffordshire terrier
- Amstaff
- dead game
- gameness
Further reading
edit- “pit bull terrier”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “pit bull terrier”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “pit bull terrier”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “pit bull terrier”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.