a traditional Spanish, Portuguese, or Latin American spectacle in which a bull is fought by a matador, assisted by banderilleros and picadors, in a prescribed way in an arena and is usually killed.
No campaign can afford a multitude of competing strategies, or row upon row of bullfight critics publicly questioning every move.
Does Barack Obama Need a Friend Like Bill Clinton?|Robert Shrum|June 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But, she added, “The bullfight is an ecosystem and, one could say, an honest one.”
Toro! Painting the Goyesque|Anthony Haden-Guest|September 30, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Shelton was conscious of a shiver running through the audience which reminded him of a bullfight he had seen in Spain.
The Island Pharisees|John Galsworthy
In a few days Pedro was going to fight in a most important corrida, or bullfight, in the city of Madrid.
The Little Spanish Dancer|Madeline Brandeis
Oh, yes, there was lots of excitement and agility and skill and all that, but why describe a bullfight as a bullfight?
With the Battle Fleet|Franklin Matthews
He flashed after us, with the rapid motions of a bullfight in the movies.
Tramping on Life|Harry Kemp
Joe Grassie has been gettin' up a bullfight and a kind of a show.
The Eagle's Heart|Hamlin Garland
British Dictionary definitions for bullfight
bullfight
/ (ˈbʊlˌfaɪt) /
noun
a traditional Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American spectacle in which a matador, assisted by banderilleros and mounted picadors, baits and usually kills a bull in an arena