bully

bul·ly ¹

 (bo͝ol′ē)

n. pl. bul·lies

1. A person who is habitually cruel or overbearing, especially to smaller or weaker people.

2. A hired ruffian; a thug.

3. A pimp.

4. Archaic A fine person.

5. Archaic A sweetheart.

v. bul·lied, bul·ly·ing, bul·lies

v.tr.

1. To treat in an overbearing or intimidating manner. See Synonyms at intimidate.

2. To make (one's way) aggressively.

v.intr.

1. To behave like a bully.

2. To force one's way aggressively or by intimidation: "They bully into line at the gas pump" (Martin Gottfried).

adj.

Excellent; splendid: did a bully job of persuading the members.

interj.

Used to express approval: Bully for you!

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[Possibly from Middle Dutch boele, sweetheart, probably alteration of broeder, brother; see bhrāter- in Indo-European roots.]

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bul·ly ²

 (bo͝ol′ē)

n.

Canned or pickled beef. Also called bully beef.

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[Perhaps French bouilli, boiled meat, label on canned beef, from past participle of bouillir, to boil, from Old French boilir; see boil¹.]

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bully

(ˈbʊlɪ)

n, pl -lies

1. a person who hurts, persecutes, or intimidates weaker people

2. archaic a hired ruffian

3. obsolete a procurer; pimp

4. obsolete a fine fellow or friend

5. obsolete a sweetheart; darling

vb, -lies, -lying or -lied

(when: tr, often foll by into) to hurt, intimidate, or persecute (a weaker or smaller person), esp to make him or her do something

adj

6. dashing; jolly: my bully boy.

7. informal very good; fine

interj

informal Also: bully for you well done! bravo!

[C16 (in the sense: sweetheart, hence fine fellow, hence swaggering coward): probably from Middle Dutch boele lover, from Middle High German buole, perhaps childish variant of bruoder brother]

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bully

(ˈbʊlɪ)

n, pl -lies

(Animals) any of various small freshwater fishes of the genera Gobiomorphus and Philynodon of New Zealand. Also called (NZ): pakoko, titarakura or toitoi

[C20: short for cockabully]

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bul•ly¹

(ˈbʊl i)

n., pl. -lies, n.

1. a quarrelsome, overbearing person who badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people.

2. Archaic. a man hired to do violence.

3. Obsolete.

a. a pimp.

b. a good friend; good fellow.

c. a sweetheart.

v.t.

4. to intimidate or terrorize.

v.i.

5. to be loudly arrogant and overbearing.

adj.

6. Informal. fine; excellent.

interj.

7. (used to express approval).

[1530–40; < Middle Dutch boele lover]

bul•ly²

(ˈbʊl i)

n.

canned or pickled beef. Also called bul′ly beef`.

[1865–70; < French bouilli, short for boeuf bouilli boiled meat]

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bully

- First meant lover or sweetheart, then fine fellow, then blusterer, then "person who harms or threatens weaker people."

See also related terms for sweetheart.

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bully

Past participle: bullied
Gerund: bullying

Imperative

bully

bully

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bully

Played on the spot where an incident or accident occurred to restart the game. A player taps the stick first on the ground on his/her own side of the ball, then against his/her opponent’s stick above the ball. This is done three times after which one player must strike the ball.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bully - a cruel and brutal fellow     hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, yob, yobbo, yobo, tough aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker - someone who attacks bullyboy - a swaggering tough; usually one acting as an agent of a political faction muscleman, muscle - a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard; "the drug lord had his muscleman to protect him" skinhead - a young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations plug-ugly, tough guy - someone who bullies weaker people
	2.	bully - a hired thug hood, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, thug, toughie, goon, tough - an aggressive and violent young criminal
Verb	1.	bully - be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young" ballyrag, boss around, browbeat, bullyrag, hector, push around, strong-arm intimidate - make timid or fearful; "Her boss intimidates her" domineer, tyrannise, tyrannize - rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner; "her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her"
	2.	bully - discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate browbeat, swagger blarney, cajole, coax, inveigle, sweet-talk, wheedle, palaver - influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"
Adj.	1.	bully - very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" bang-up, corking, cracking, dandy, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell, groovy, keen, great, neat colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech good - having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified; "good news from the hospital"; "a good report card"; "when she was good she was very very good"; "a good knife is one good for cutting"; "this stump will make a good picnic table"; "a good check"; "a good joke"; "a good exterior paint"; "a good secretary"; "a good dress for the office"

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bully

noun

1. persecutor, tough, oppressor, tormentor, bully boy, browbeater, coercer, ruffian, intimidator I fell victim to the office bully.

verb

1. persecute, intimidate, torment, hound, oppress, pick on, victimize, terrorize, push around (slang), ill-treat, ride roughshod over, maltreat, tyrannize, overbear I wasn't going to let him bully me.

2. force, coerce, railroad (informal), bulldoze (informal), dragoon, pressurize, browbeat, cow, hector, press-gang, domineer, bullyrag She used to bully me into doing my schoolwork.

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bully

noun

One who is habitually cruel to smaller or weaker people:

browbeater, bulldozer, hector, intimidator.

Archaic: brave.

verb

To domineer or drive into compliance by the use of as threats or force, for example:

bludgeon, browbeat, bulldoze, bullyrag, cow, hector, intimidate, menace, threaten.

Informal: strong-arm.

adjective

Informal. Exceptionally good of its kind:

ace, banner, blue-ribbon, brag, capital, champion, excellent, fine, first-class, first-rate, prime, quality, splendid, superb, superior, terrific, tiptop, top.

Informal: A-one, dandy, great, swell, topflight, topnotch.

Slang: boss.

Chiefly British: tophole.

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Translations

بَلْطَجِيمُتَغَطْرِس، مُشاغِب، مُتَنَمِّريَتَغَطْرَس، يُهَدِّد، يَسْتَبِديُخَوِّفُ

šikanovatsurovectyrantyranizovat

bølletyranniseremobbebisse

schikanierenTyrannfertigmachen

ζορμπάςνταήςτρομοκρατώ

matónacosarintimidar

kiusaajakiusata

brutetourmentertyranniserbrutaliser

nasilnikzastrašivati

fantur, ruddikúga, hræîa; neyîa

intimidireprepotentebullo

いじめる弱い者いじめをする者

불량배약자를 괴롭히다

baugintichuliganasįbauginti

huligānsiebiedētterorizētterorizētājs

bullebakpesten

bølleherse medmobbetrakasseretyrann

łobuzznęcać się

atormentarmaltratarrufiarufião

задиразапугивать

nasilnikustrahovati

mobbaöversittare

กดขี่รังแกอันธพาล

Ali kıran baş kesenkabadayıkabadayılık etmekzorbazorbalık etmek

bắt nạtkẻ hay bắt nạt

欺侮欺凌弱小者

bully

¹ [ˈbʊlɪ]

A. N

1. (= person) → matón/ona m/f, peleón/ona m/f

2. (Brit) (Hockey) (also bully-off) → saque m

B. VT (also bully around) → intimidar
to bully sb into doing sth → intimidar a algn para que haga algo

bully off VI + ADV (Brit) (Hockey) → sacar

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bully

² [ˈbʊlɪ]

A. ADJ (o.f.) (= first-rate) → de primera

B. EXCL bully for you! → ¡bravo!

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bully

³ [ˈbʊlɪ] N (Mil) (also bully beef) → carne f de vaca conservada en lata

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bully

[ˈbʊli]

n → brute f, tyran m
He's a big bully → C'est une brute.

vt (= treat in an overbearing way) → tyranniser, rudoyer (= frighten) → intimider
to bully sb into doing sth → contraindre qn (par la menace) à faire qchbully-boy bully boy [ˈbʊlibɔɪ]

n (= aggressive man) → brute f

adj [tactics] → d'intimidation

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bully

:

bully beef

n (Mil inf) → Cornedbeef nt, → Corned Beef nt

bullyboy (inf)

n → Schlägertyp m (inf)

bully-boy

adj attr → Einschüchterungs-; bully tactics → Einschüchterungstaktik f

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bully

¹

n

→ Tyrann m; (esp Sch) → Rabauke m; you great big bully → du Rüpel; to be a bit of a bully → den starken Mann markieren (inf); don’t be a bully with your little sister → schikaniere or tyrannisiere deine kleine Schwester nicht

(Hockey) → Bully nt

vt → tyrannisieren, schikanieren; (using violence) → drangsalieren; (into doing sth) → unter Druck setzen; to bully somebody into doing something → jdn so unter Druck setzen, dass er etc etw tut

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bully

²

interj (dated) → prima (inf), → hervorragend; bully for you! (dated, iro) → gratuliere!

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bully

¹ [ˈbʊlɪ]

1. n → bullo, prepotente m/f

2. vt (also bully around) → fare il/la prepotente con; (subj, children) → fare le prepotenze a
to bully sb into doing sth → far fare qc a qn con la prepotenza

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bully

² [ˈbulɪ] n (also bully beef) → carne f di manzo in scatola

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

bully

(ˈbuli) – plural ˈbullies – noun

a person who hurts or frightens other, weaker people. The fat boy was a bully at school. bullebak مُتَغَطْرِس، مُشاغِب، مُتَنَمِّر побойник valentão tyran der Tyrann bølle; bisse νταής, μάγκας που εκφοβίζει αδύναμους ανθρώπους matón türann زورگو؛ قلدر kiusaaja bruteבריון क्रूर, दंबग, धौंसबाज nasilnik zsarnok pengganggu prepotente 弱い者いじめ 약자를 못살게 구는 자 šantažistas, chuliganas huligāns; terorizētājs buli bullebakbølle; tyrann tyran ځورونکی valentão tiran, dur задира, хулиган tyran pretepač nasilnik översittare อันธพาล Ali kıran baş kesen, kabadayı 欺凌弱小者 задирака; хуліган کلے دراز ، پاٹے خان đầu gấu trường học 欺凌弱小者

verb

to act like a bully towards. afknou يَتَغَطْرَس، يُهَدِّد، يَسْتَبِد тормозя intimidar tyranizovat schikanieren mobbe; tyrannisere κάνω τον νταή σε κπ. intimidar türanniseerima زورگویی کردن kiusata brutaliser לְהַפחִיד दंबग जैसा व्यवहार करने वाला maltretirati megfélemlít menganiaya fare il prepotente いじめる 못살게 굴다 (į)bauginti, šantažuoti iebiedēt; terorizēt membuli tiranniserenmobbe, herse med tyranizować زور ګویی کول intimidar a brutaliza задирать; запугивать tyranizovať ustrahovati maltretirati trakassera, mobba พาล kabadayılık etmek 霸凌 задиратися, чіплятися ڈانٹ کر ڈرانا bắt nạt 欺侮

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bully

→ بَلْطَجِي, يُخَوِّفُ šikanovat, surovec bølle, tyrannisere schikanieren, Tyrann νταής, τρομοκρατώ acosar, matón kiusaaja, kiusata brute, tyranniser nasilnik, zastrašivati bullo, intimidire いじめる, 弱い者いじめをする者 불량배, 약자를 괴롭히다 bullebak, pesten bølle, trakassere łobuz, znęcać się atormentar, maltratar, rufia, rufião задира, запугивать mobba, översittare กดขี่รังแก, อันธพาล zorba, zorbalık etmek bắt nạt, kẻ hay bắt nạt 欺侮, 欺凌弱小者

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bully

vt acosar, intimidar, hostigar

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