bullring

noun

bull·​ring ˈbu̇l-ˌriŋ How to pronounce bullring (audio)
 also  ˈbəl-
1
: an arena for bullfights
2
: a short oval track for horse or auto racing

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Away from the Fujairah bullring, and back to the 21st century. Camilla Wright, semafor.com, 11 July 2025 This marks a return to the Winston-Salem, North Carolina historic quarter-mile bullring built into a football stadium following the success of the 2025 Clash, which sold out the historic venue and delivered the first Cup Series event at Bowman Gray since 1971. Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025 And there are few venues in motorsports as unique as Bowman Gray, a quarter-mile bullring that often produces high-intensity racing and post-race theatrics. Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 9 July 2025 And Terry Tucker’s Boxing Gym presents the high stakes of Hemingway’s bullring, an existential arena where pretense and fakery are violently exposed. Book Marks june 5, Literary Hub, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for bullring

Word History

First Known Use

1802, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of bullring was in 1802

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“Bullring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bullring. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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