BULLY
\bˈʊlɪ], \bˈʊlɪ], \b_ˈʊ_l_ɪ]\
Definitions of BULLY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"
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discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
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a cruel and brutal fellow
By Princeton University
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be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"
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discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
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a cruel and brutal fellow
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To intimidate with threats and by an overbearing, swaggering demeanor; to act the part of a bully toward.
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To act as a bully.
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Alt. of Bully beef
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A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.
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A brisk, dashing fellow.
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Jovial and blustering; dashing.
By Oddity Software
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To intimidate with threats and by an overbearing, swaggering demeanor; to act the part of a bully toward.
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To act as a bully.
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A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.
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A brisk, dashing fellow.
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Jovial and blustering; dashing.
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Alt. of beef
By Noah Webster.
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One who rules over others by insolence or threats; an overbearing fellow.
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To overrule with bluster and threats.
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To be rudely noisy and quarrelsome.
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Slang, fine; excellent; bully beef, slang, canned cornbeef issued as army food.
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Bullied.
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Bullying.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A noisy, blustering, overbearing fellow.
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To overbear with blustering menaces.
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To be noisy and quarrelsome. See Bull.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A quarrelsome cowardly fellow; one who blusters and threatens.
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To insult with noise; to overawe by threats.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Thomas Sheridan
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