bull-necked
or bull·necked
having a short, thick neck.
Origin of bull-necked
1Words Nearby bull-necked
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How to use bull-necked in a sentence
Savello was a middle-sized, stout man, with a great round belly and a fat red face, double-chinned and bull-necked.
The Making of a Saint | William Somerset MaughamHe was rather short of stature, bullet-headed and bull-necked, with a sloping forehead and a somewhat underslung chin.
Roosevelt in the Bad Lands | H. Hagedorn.We watched the big bull-necked stags as they challenged one another, pawing the dust or kneeling to tear the sod with their horns.
A Son of the Middle Border | Hamlin GarlandHe dressed at last and stood like a lamb—a redfaced, bull-necked lamb— while Mrs. Jobson fastened his collar for him.
Ship's Company, The Entire Collection | W.W. JacobsFrom one of the teams a bull-necked fellow stepped up to him.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 11 | Friedrich Spielhagen
British Dictionary definitions for bull-necked
having a short thick neck
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