bulldozer

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ˈbʊldoʊzɚ/

Noun

bulldozer (plural bulldozers)

1. A tractor with an attached blade for pushing earth and building debris for coarse preliminary surface grading, demolishing building structures, etc.
2. One who bulldozes.
3. (historical, 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. (by extension) A bully; an overbearing individual.

Synonyms

• (member of intimidating white US Southerners) regulator
• blade (slang)

Translations

• French: bulldozer
• German: Planierraupe, Bulldozer
• Italian: bulldozer, apripista, ruspa, escavatore, escavatrice
• Portuguese: trator (de terraplanagem/terraplenagem)
• Russian: бульдо́зер
• Spanish: aplanadora, bulldozer

Verb

bulldozer (bulldozers, present participle bulldozering; past and past participle bulldozered)

1. To bulldoze (push through forcefully).

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