pitbull

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pitbull (plural pitbulls)

1. Shortened form of pit bull terrier.
2. (informal, figuratively) An aggressive person.

   My mother was a pitbull.

3. (military, aviation) NATO brevity code indicating a semi-active radar homing missile has begun active homing, and no longer requires its operator to maintain a radar track.

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• Hyphenation: pit‧bull

pitbull m (plural pitbulls, diminutive pitbulletje n)

1. pit bull

From English pitbull.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpitbulː/, [ˈpit̪bulː]
• Rhymes: -itbulː
• Hyphenation^(key): pit‧bull

pitbull

1. pitbull, pit bull terrier (breed of dog)

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From English pitbull.

• IPA^(key): /pit.bul/

pitbull m (plural pitbulls)

1. pitbull (pit bull, “dog”)

• pitbul

Unadapted borrowing from English pitbull.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpid.bul/

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• Rhymes: -idbul
• Syllabification: pit‧bull

pitbull m animal

1. pit bull, pit bull terrier

   Synonym: pitbullterier

• pitbull in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pitbull in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from English pitbull.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpidbul/ [ˈpið̞.β̞ul]
• Rhymes: -idbul

pitbull m (plural pitbulls)

1. pit bull, pitbull, pit bull terrier

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.