pit bull terrier

See also: pitbull terrier

English

Noun

An American pit bull terrier

pit bull terrier (plural pit bull terriers)

A medium-sized dog historically bred for dogfighting.

Synonyms

pibble (informal), pit (slang), pit bull, pittie (informal), shitbull (pejorative), velvet hippo (slang)

Hypernyms

molosser, mastiff

Translations

breed of dog

Chinese:
Cantonese: 比特犬 (bei² dak⁶ hyun²)

Mandarin: 比特犬 (bǐtèquǎn)
Dutch: pitbullterriër (nl) m, pitbull (nl) m
Finnish: amerikanpitbullterrieri, pitbull (fi), pitbulli
French: pitbull (fr)
Hungarian: pitbull (hu), pitbull terrier, amerikai pitbull terrier
Irish: tarbh-bhrocaire m
Japanese: ピットブル (pittoburu)
Lithuanian: pitbulis m, pitbulterjeras m
Malay: anjing pitbull
Polish: pitbullterier (pl) m, pitbulterier (pl) m, pitbul (pl) m, pitbull (pl) m
Portuguese: pitbull m

See also

Staffordshire bull terrier
bull terrier, bullterrier
American pit bull terrier
American Staffordshire terrier
Amstaff
dead game
gameness

Further reading

“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.

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