Meaning

2 senses
  1. A pit bull terrier.

  2. (derogatory, figuratively, often)A person with a reputation for pugnacity.

    You don't have to be such a pit bull about it. I was only joking.

    My lawyer is a pit bull — he latches on and doesn't stop until he wins!

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Most people think that pit bulls are dangerous.

  2. Tom can't stand pit bull apologists.

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  3. Sami had a pit bull.

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  4. Ziri almost got attacked by a Pit Bull.

  5. Ziri came face to face with a Pit Bull.

Origin

Clipping of pit bull terrier.

Clipping of pit bull terrier.

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Forms

plural: pit bulls

Word family

1 related words
Derivedshitbull

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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