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/ˈbʊlˌfaɪtɪŋ/ noun [noncount]

bullfighting

noun

bull·​fight·​ing ˈbu̇l-ˌfī-tiŋ How to pronounce bullfighting (audio)
 also  ˈbəl-
: the action involved in a bullfight

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Unlike in traditional Spanish bullfighting, the bulls are not ordinarily killed in a corraleja, and spectators are invited to run around with the animal still in the ring. Diana Durán, Washington Post, 26 June 2022 The ethics surrounding bullfighting, which involves killing the bull at the end of the contest, has come into question in recent years. ABC News, 26 June 2022 Cattle herders at the time found that hurrying the beasts through the streets was an efficient way to move livestock from fields or barges to the market—or the bullfighting ring. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 Dec. 2021 The two dash through expensive-looking sequences set in glitzy museums, a bullfighting ring, and the deep South American jungle. David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2021 Spanish bullfighting, medieval tournament culture, jousting, Catherine de’ Medici, Martin Luther, Machiavelli, the Protestant Reformation. Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2021 His stories and novels—about hunting and fishing, bullfighting and battle-fighting—fused him with his characters in the public imagination. The Economist, 7 Apr. 2021 It’s that self-mythologizing which gets in the way: the safaris, the bullfighting (the bull-slinging, too), the obsession with violence and death, the almost-parodic machismo. BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2021 Extensive bullfighting memorabilia adorns Mr. Renk’s walls. Elizabeth Findell, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1753, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bullfighting was circa 1753

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