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bully1 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, -lied (when tr, often foll by into) to hurt, intimidate, or persecute (a weaker or smaller person), esp to make him do something adj 1. dashing; jolly my bully boy 2. Informal very good; fine interj Also bully for you, him, etc Informal 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] bully2 n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various small freshwater fishes of the genera Gobiomorphus and Philynodon of New Zealand Also called (NZ) pakoko titarakura toitoi [short for cockabully] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
bully noun persecutor, tough, oppressor, tormentor, bully boy, browbeater, coercer, ruffian, intimidator I fell victim to the office bully. Translations bully1 [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 bully2 [ˈbʊlɪ] A. ADJ (o.f.) (= first-rate) → de primera B. EXCL bully for you! → ¡bravo! bully3 [ˈbʊlɪ] N (Mil) (also bully beef) → carne f de vaca conservada en lata bully [ˈbʊli] vt (= treat in an overbearing way) → tyranniser, rudoyer (= frighten) → intimider to bully sb into doing sth → contraindre qn (par la menace) à faire qch bully-boy bully boy [ˈbʊlibɔɪ] n (= aggressive man) → brute f adj [tactics] → d'intimidation bully: bully beef n (Mil inf) → Cornedbeef nt, → Corned Beef nt bullyboy (inf) n → Schlägertyp m (inf) bully-boy bully1 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 bully2 bully1 [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 bully1 [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 bully2 [ˈbulɪ] n (also bully beef) → carne f di manzo in scatola bully2 [ˈbulɪ] n (also bully beef) → carne f di manzo in scatola n bully [ˈbuli] a person who hurts or frightens other, weaker people The fat boy was a bully at school. bullebak مُتَغَطْرِس، مُشاغِب، مُتَنَمِّر побойник tyran bølle; bisse der Tyrann νταής, μάγκας που εκφοβίζει αδύναμους ανθρώπους matón türann زورگو؛ قلدر kiusaaja brute (tyrannique) בִּרְיוֹן क्रूर, दंबग, धौंसबाज nasilnik zsarnok pengganggu prepotente 弱い者いじめ 약자를 못살게 구는 자 šantažistas, chuliganas huligāns; terorizētājs buli bullebak bølle; tyrann tyran 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 v to act like a bully towards. afknou يَتَغَطْرَس، يُهَدِّد، يَسْتَبِد тормозя tyranizovat mobbe; tyrannisere schikanieren 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 tiranniseren mobbe, herse med tyranizować intimidar a brutaliza задирать; запугивать tyranizovať ustrahovati maltretirati trakassera, mobba พาล kabadayılık etmek 霸凌 задиратися, чіплятися ڈانٹ کر ڈرانا bắt nạt 欺侮 bully → بلطجي, يتطاول šikanovat, tyran bølle, tyrannisere schikanieren, Tyrann νταής, τρομοκρατώ acosar, matón kiusaaja, kiusata brute, tyranniser nasilnik, tiranizirati intimidire, prepotente いじめる, 弱い者いじめをする者 불량배, 약자를 괴롭히다 bullebak, pesten bølle, trakassere łobuz, znęcać się alguém que faz assédio psicológico, alguém que judia, fazer assédio psicológico, judiar задира, запугивать mobba, översittare กดขี่รังแก, อันธพาล zorba, zorbalık etmek bắt nạt, kẻ hay bắt nạt 欺侮, 欺凌弱小者 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I know whom I may bully and whom I must flatter; and I thus prolong my life to a good old age. I knew that boy at school; he took great airs on himself because he was a farmer's son; he used to swagger about and bully the little boys. ``Come, trowl the brown bowl to me, Bully boy, bully boy, Come, trowl the brown bowl to me: Ho |
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