BULLFIGHT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bullfight mean? 

• BULLFIGHT (noun)
  The noun BULLFIGHT has 1 sense:

1. a Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle; a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectators

  Familiarity information: BULLFIGHT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BULLFIGHT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle; a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectators

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bullfight; corrida

Hypernyms ("bullfight" is a kind of...):

spectacle (an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bullfight"):

novillada (a bullfight in which the bulls are less than four years old)