bullfighting

American  

[bool-fahyt-ing] / ˈbʊlˌfaɪt ɪŋ /

noun

1. a traditional Spanish, Portuguese, or Latin American sport in which a bull is fought by a matador in an arena according to prescribed conventions, traditionally ending with the bull being killed; in Portuguese-style bullfighting, the bull is not killed in the arena.

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bullfighting

Unlike Spanish bullfighting, Chinese wrestlers use no weapons and do not kill the animal at the end of the bout.

From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026

Something about bullfighting and the first female torera.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

Though best known to cineastes as the director of a handful of brilliant B-westerns starring Randolph Scott known as the Ranown films, Boetticher’s personal passion was bullfighting.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

Hemingway often draws an analogy between dying in war and in bullfighting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025

But when someone asks you for a bullfighting ring in an American public school, you have to know you’re being pranked.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman