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Verb

He bullied his younger brothers.

the kindergarten teacher explained why it was wrong to bully classmates

Adjective

that’s a bully idea for reviving the town’s retail center

Recent Examples on the Web

Turns out, their son was being bullied at school.

—Kay Lazar, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2023

The cool kids would’ve bullied me, and rightly so.

—Monica Chin, The Verge, 31 Mar. 2023

Or he got bullied into taking new positions, looking like just another politician.

—Chuck Todd, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2023

Like Jake Lloyd who played Anakin, Best was endlessly bullied just for doing what George Lucas told him to do.

—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023

One of the men accused in a chaotic shooting at a Red Bird shopping center that left one dead and another injured said he was bullied and disrespected before opening fire, severely wounding one man and narrowly missing two other people, including a child, with stray gunfire.

—Michael Williams, Dallas News, 21 Mar. 2023

The Russian jets’ activities were bullying, pure and simple — at best an attempt to muscle aircraft out of airspace that’s open to all, if not outright destroy it.

—Sébastien Roblin, CNN, 17 Mar. 2023

Cathie Wood’s ETFs were surging and retail traders on Reddit were bullying hedge funds.

—Brian Chappatta, Fortune, 10 Mar. 2023

Were you bullied?

—Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2023

An anti-bully player or two would be very helpful.

—Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Aug. 2021

Never, never, never be bad, never give up on your friends, never, ever … be a bully.

—Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2023

Not sure if your child is a bully?

—Michelle Icard, CNN, 16 Jan. 2023

And the great thing about being a bully?

—Brett Owens, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022

Unsurprisingly, the young prince is a spoiled bully, pushing around Jacaerys and Lucerys and tricking Aemond by presenting his little brother with a pig dressed up like a dragon.

—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 26 Sep. 2022

But the shifty Smith-Njigba would aid the Titans’ bully ball approach by keeping the attack on schedule and consistently picking up first downs for Ryan Tannehill and Co. 12.

—Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2023

Former president Donald Trump used the threat of tariffs in 2019 to bully López Obrador into a military crackdown on migrants, but Mexico appears more comfortable with the previous era of bilateral diplomacy when sticky issues like trade and security could be treated separately.

—Nick Miroff, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2023

Irving played through the pain after trash-talking, bully-ball defender Dillon Brooks stepped on the back of his foot midway through the third quarter, but his 0-for-8 shooting struggles in the fourth quarter reflected the Mavericks’ team-wide spiral.

—Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 20 Mar. 2023

Such influencers are generally seeking to bully companies into enforcing policy changes that voters have rejected.

—James Freeman, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2023

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Источник

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From 1530, as a term of endearment, probably a diminutive ( +‎ -y) of Dutch boel (“lover; brother”), from Middle Dutch boel, boele (“brother; lover”), from Old Dutch *buolo, from Proto-Germanic *bōlô (compare Middle Low German bôle (“brother”), Middle High German buole (“brother; close relative; close relation”) (whence German Buhle (“lover”)), Old English Bōla, Bōlla (personal name), diminutive of expressive *bō- (“brother, father”). Compare also Latvian bālinš (“brother”). More at boy.

The term acquired negative senses during the 17th century; first ‘noisy, blustering fellow’ then ‘a person who is cruel to others’. Possibly influenced by bull (“male cattle”) or via the ‘prostitute’s minder’ sense.^[1] The positive senses are dated, but survive in phrases such as bully pulpit.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈbʊli/
Rhymes: -ʊli

Noun[edit]

bully (countable and uncountable, plural bullies)

A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege. [from late 17th c.]

A playground bully pushed a girl off the swing.

I noticed you being a bully towards people with disabilities.
A noisy, blustering, tyrannical person, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome.
- 1840 September 22, Lord Palmerston, The Life of Henry John Temple, Viscount of Palmerston‎^[1], volume 2, 3rd edition, published 1871, page 327:
  
  Besides, bullies seldom execute the threats they deal in; and men of trick and cunning are not always men of desperate resolves.
A hired thug.
- 1849, John McLean, Notes of a Twenty-Five Years’ Service in the Hudson’s Bay Territory, pp. 42-3:
  
  Mr. Fisher returned from town… he had learnt that our opponents intended to shift the scene of operations to the Chats… We understood that they had hired two bullies for the purpose of deciding the matter par voie de fait. Mr Fisher hired two of the same description, who were supposed to be more than a match for the opposition party.
Synonyms: henchman, thug
A sex worker’s minder.

Synonyms: pimp; see also Thesaurus:pimp
- 2009, Dan Cruikshank, Secret History of Georgian London, Random House, p. 473:
  
  The Proclamation Society and the Society for the Suppression of Vice were more concerned with obscene literature […] than with hands-on street battles with prostitutes and their bullies […].
(uncountable) Bully beef.
(obsolete) A brisk, dashing fellow.
- c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
  
  What sayest thou, Bully Bottom?
The small scrum in the Eton College field game.
Any of various small freshwater or brackishwater fish of the family Eleotridae; sleeper gobies.
The common bully, Gobiomorphus cotidianus
(obsolete or dialectal, Ireland and Northern England) An (eldest) brother; a fellow workman; comrade
- 1824, Gilchrist, Robert, “The Skipper’s Erudition”, in A Collection of Original Local Songs‎^[2], page 11:
  
  Frae Team Gut to Whitley, we’ coals black an’ brown
  For the Amphitrite loaded, the keel had come down—
  But the bullies ower neet had their gobs se oft wet,
  That the nyem o’ the ship yen an’ a’ did forget.
(dialectal) A companion; mate (male or female).

Synonyms: see Thesaurus:friend
(obsolete) A darling, sweetheart (male or female).

Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sweetheart
- 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
  
  I kiss his dirty shoe, and from heart-string / I love the lovely bully. What is thy name?
- 1848, William Carleton, Fardorougha the Miser‎^[3], page 16:
  
  What! manim-an—kiss your child, man alive. That I may never, but he looks at the darlin’ as if it was a sod of turf! Throth you’re not worthy of havin’ such a bully.
(field hockey) A standoff between two players from the opposing teams, who repeatedly hit each other’s hockey sticks and then attempt to acquire the ball, as a method of resuming the game in certain circumstances. Also called bully-off.
(mining) A miner’s hammer.

Derived terms[edit]

bully stick
bully tree
bully-boy
bully-off
flat-track bully

Translations[edit]

a person who is intentionally cruel to others

Afrikaans: boelie
Arabic: مُسْتَأْسِد‎ m (mustaʔsid), مُتَنَمِّر‎ m (mutanammir)
Armenian: խուլիգան (hy) (xuligan)
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: хулиган (bg) m (huligan), побойник (bg) m (pobojnik)
Chinese:
Catalan: assetjador m

Mandarin: 土霸 (zh) (tǔbà), 暴徒 (zh) (bàotú)
Czech: surovec (cs) m, násilník m, tyran (cs) m
Danish: bølle, tyran
Dutch: wreedaard (nl) m or f, pestkop (nl) m, treiteraar (nl) m
Esperanto: tirano (eo)
Estonian: türann, kiusaja, riiukukk
Finnish: kiusaaja (fi)
French: brimeur (fr) m, brute (fr) f, tyran (fr) m
Galician: bragoleán m, bravoeiro m, cacheteiro m, rifón m, matón m tasqueirón m, tarapuxeiro m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Rabauke (de) m, Bully m, Tyrann (de) m, Schikaneur m
Gothic: 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌻𐍃 m (slahals)
Greek: νταής (el) m (daḯs)
Hebrew: בריון‎ (he) m (biryon)
Hindi: क्रूर m (krūr), दबंग (hi) m (dabaṅg), धौंसबाज m (dhaunsbāj), धौँसिया (hi) m (dha͠usiyā)
Icelandic: hrekkjusvín (is)
Irish: ansmachtaí m, bulaí m
Italian: bullo (it) m, spaccone (it) m, smargiasso (it) m, prepotente (it) m, arrogante (it) m
Japanese: 苛め (いじめ, ijime), 苛めっ子 (いじめっこ, ijimekko)
Khmer: អ្នកធ្វើបាប (ʼnɑɑkthvəəbaap)
Korean: 괴롭힐 (goerophil), 깡패 (ko) (kkangpae)
Latin: grassātor m
Macedonian: силеџија m (siledžija), насилник m (nasilnik)
Maori: kaiwhakawetiweti, kaiwhakaweti
Mongolian: дээрэлхэх (mn) (deerelxex)
Norman: bruta m
Norwegian: bølle m
Portuguese: rufia m, rufião (pt) m, valentão (pt) m
Romanian: tiran (ro) m
Russian: зади́ра (ru) m or f (zadíra), забия́ка (ru) m or f (zabijáka), громила (ru) m or f (gromila), хулига́н (ru) m (xuligán), тира́н (ru) m (tirán)
Scottish Gaelic: maoidhear m, burraidh m, pulaidh m
Spanish: bravucón (es) m, abusón (es) m, matón, abusador (es) m, peleón m, pendenciero (es) m, perdonavidas (es) m, matasiete m
Swedish: mobbare (sv) c
Thai: คนพาล (khn phāl)
Turkish: zorba (tr)
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: đầu gấu (vi)

a hired thug

Bulgarian: главорез (bg) m (glavorez)
Finnish: palkattu pahoinpitelijä
Latin: grassātor m
Spanish: matón m, sicario (es) m

Verb[edit]

bully (third-person singular simple present bullies, present participle bullying, simple past and past participle bullied)

(transitive) To intimidate (someone) as a bully.

Synonyms: see Thesaurus:intimidate
- 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 218:
  
  Bradly’s stomach kinked in on itself, thinking of Cora struck silly with that corpse on her hands and the copper bullying the truth out of her.
- 2022 August 26, Lendon, Brad, “’Xi Jinping doesn’t scare me’: US Sen. Marsha Blackburn lands in Taiwan, vows not to be bullied by China”, in CNN‎^[4], archived from the original on 26 August 2022‎^[5]:
  
  United States Sen. Marsha Blackburn on Thursday became the latest member of Congress to visit Taiwan defying pressure from Beijing, saying, «I will not be bullied by Communist China into turning my back on the island.»
You shouldn’t bully people for being weak.
(transitive) To act aggressively towards.

Synonyms: push around, ride roughshod over
- 2011 January 15, Sam Sheringham, “Chelsea 2 -03 Blackburn Rovers”, in BBC‎^[6]:
  
  The Potters know their strengths and played to them perfectly here, out-muscling Bolton in midfield and bullying the visitors’ back-line at every opportunity.

Translations[edit]

to intimidate

Bulgarian: заплашвам (bg) (zaplašvam)
Cherokee: ᎦᏁᏄᎵᎠ (ganenulia)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 蝦／虾 (haa¹)

Mandarin: 欺負／欺负 (zh) (qīfu), 欺侮 (zh) (qīwǔ), 侮慢 (zh) (wǔmàn)
Czech: šikanovat (cs), zastrašovat impf
Danish: herse med, mobbe (da)
Dutch: pesten (nl), treiteren (nl), jennen (nl)
Esperanto: ĉikani (eo)
Estonian: kiusama
Finnish: kiusata (fi)
French: intimider (fr)
German: einschüchtern (de), schikanieren (de), kujonieren (de)
Guaraní: ñembosarái
Hindi: दबंगी (dabaṅgī), धौंसना (dhaunsnā), धौँसना (hi) (dha͠usnā), धौंसबाजी (dhaunsbājī)
Hungarian: megfélemlít (hu)
Icelandic: leggja í einelti
Irish: ansmachtaigh
Japanese: 苛める (ja) (いじめる, ijimeru)
Korean: 괴롭히다 (ko) (goerophida)
Macedonian: заплашува (zaplašuva), застрашува (zastrašuva)
Maori: hawene, whakaweti, whakawetiweti, whakahakahaka
Norwegian: mobbe (no)
Polish: znęcać się (pl)
Portuguese: intimidar (pt), bulir (pt), oprimir (pt)
Romanian: intimida (ro)
Russian: запу́гивать (ru) impf (zapúgivatʹ), запуга́ть (ru) pf (zapugátʹ), страща́ть (ru) impf (straščátʹ), застраща́ть (ru) pf (zastraščátʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: maoidh
Spanish: intimidar (es), chulear (es), acosar (es), hacer bullying
Swedish: mobba (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

to act aggressively towards

Bulgarian: тиранизирам (bg) (tiraniziram)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 欺負／欺负 (zh) (qīfù)
Czech: týrat impf, šikanovat (cs) impf
Danish: tyrannisere
Esperanto: ĉikani (eo)
Estonian: terroriseerima, türanniseerima
Finnish: kiusata (fi)
French: tourmenter (fr), terroriser (fr), maltraiter (fr), tyranniser (fr), harceler (fr)
German: tyrannisieren (de), drangsalieren (de), kujonieren (de)
Macedonian: тиранизи́ра (tiranizíra)
Maori: whakahakahaka
Portuguese: atormentar (pt), aterrorizar (pt), maltratar (pt), tiranizar (pt), oprimir (pt)
Russian: тиранизи́ровать (ru) (tiranizírovatʹ), задира́ть (ru) impf (zadirátʹ), задра́ть (ru) pf (zadrátʹ), терроризи́ровать (ru) (terrorizírovatʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: maoidh
Spanish: tiranizar (es), acosar (es)

Adjective[edit]

bully (comparative bullier, superlative bulliest)

(US, slang) Very good.

Synonyms: excellent; see also Thesaurus:excellent

a bully horse
- 1861, Daniel Bryant, Bryant’s Songs from Dixie’s Land‎^[7], page 19:
  
  To sing a bully song I’ll try, / Bully for you, bully for you, / Gay as they make them, here I am, / Bully for you, for you.
- 1916, The Independent (volumes 35-36, page 6)
  
  She is a bully woman, not only a good mother, but a wonderful in-law
(slang, obsolete) Jovial and blustering.

Synonym: dashing
- 1597, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor Act II, scene iii:
  
  Bless thee, bully doctor!

Derived terms[edit]

bully boy
bully pulpit

Translations[edit]

Interjection[edit]

bully

(often followed by for) Well done!

Synonyms: see Thesaurus:well done

Bully, she’s finally asked for that promotion!
- 1979, Jerome Alden, Bully: An Adventure with Teddy Roosevelt, →OCLC, page 3:
  
  Bully! Bully! Finis coronet opus, “the end crowns all”; “may the last be the best!” By Godfrey it was delightful.

Translations[edit]

well done!

Danish: fint, udmærket
Esperanto: brave (eo)
French: bravo (fr)
Portuguese: bravo (pt)
Spanish: bravo (es)

References[edit]

^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “bully”, in Online Etymology Dictionary, retrieved 2017-05-05: “Meaning deteriorated 17c. through «fine fellow» and «blusterer» to «harasser of the weak» (1680s, from bully-ruffian, 1650s).”.

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English bully, itself a derivation of Dutch boel (“lover; brother”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈbu.li/
Hyphenation: bul‧ly

Noun[edit]

bully m (plural bully’s)

(field hockey) bully (way of resuming the game with a standoff between two opposing players who repeatedly hit each other’s sticks, then try to gain possession of the ball)

Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

bully m (plural bullys or bullies or bully)

bully

Источник

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bul·ly¹

(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!

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

bul·ly²

(bo͝ol′ē)

Canned or pickled beef. Also called bully beef.

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

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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]

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]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

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)

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

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

bully

— First meant lover or sweetheart, then fine fellow, then blusterer, then «person who harms or threatens weaker people.»

bully

Past participle: bullied
Gerund: bullying

Imperative
bully
bully

Present
I bully
you bully
he/she/it bullies
we bully
you bully
they bully

Preterite
I bullied
you bullied
he/she/it bullied
we bullied
you bullied
they bullied

Present Continuous
I am bullying
you are bullying
he/she/it is bullying
we are bullying
you are bullying
they are bullying

Present Perfect
I have bullied
you have bullied
he/she/it has bullied
we have bullied
you have bullied
they have bullied

Past Continuous
I was bullying
you were bullying
he/she/it was bullying
we were bullying
you were bullying
they were bullying

Past Perfect
I had bullied
you had bullied
he/she/it had bullied
we had bullied
you had bullied
they had bullied

Future
I will bully
you will bully
he/she/it will bully
we will bully
you will bully
they will bully

Future Perfect
I will have bullied
you will have bullied
he/she/it will have bullied
we will have bullied
you will have bullied
they will have bullied

Future Continuous
I will be bullying
you will be bullying
he/she/it will be bullying
we will be bullying
you will be bullying
they will be bullying

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been bullying
you have been bullying
he/she/it has been bullying
we have been bullying
you have been bullying
they have been bullying

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been bullying
you will have been bullying
he/she/it will have been bullying
we will have been bullying
you will have been bullying
they will have been bullying

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been bullying
you had been bullying
he/she/it had been bullying
we had been bullying
you had been bullying
they had been bullying

Conditional
I would bully
you would bully
he/she/it would bully
we would bully
you would bully
they would bully

Past Conditional
I would have bullied
you would have bullied
he/she/it would have bullied
we would have bullied
you would have bullied
they would have bullied

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

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.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

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»

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.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

bully

noun

One who is habitually cruel to smaller or weaker people:

verb

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

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.

Translations

بَلْطَجِيمُتَغَطْرِس، مُشاغِب، مُتَنَمِّريَتَغَطْرَس، يُهَدِّد، يَسْتَبِديُخَوِّفُ

šikanovatsurovectyrantyranizovat

bølletyranniseremobbebisse

kiusaajakiusata

nasilnikzastrašivati

fantur, ruddikúga, hræîa; neyîa

いじめる弱い者いじめをする者

불량배약자를 괴롭히다

baugintichuliganasįbauginti

huligānsiebiedētterorizētterorizētājs

nasilnikustrahovati

mobbaöversittare

กดขี่รังแกอันธพาล

bắt nạtkẻ hay bắt nạt

bully

¹ [ˈbʊlɪ]

A. N

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

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

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

bully

² [ˈbʊlɪ]

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

B. EXCL bully for you! → ¡bravo!

bully

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

Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

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 qchbully-boy bully boy [ˈbʊlibɔɪ]

n (= aggressive man) → brute f

adj [tactics] → d’intimidation

bully

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

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

bully

(ˈbuli) – plural ˈbullies – noun

a person who hurts or frightens other, weaker people. The fat boy was a bully at school.

verb

to act like a bully towards.

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

bully

vt acosar, intimidar, hostigar

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Britannica Dictionary definition of BULLY

[count]

someone who frightens, hurts, or threatens smaller or weaker people

Bullies would often pick on him or beat him up after school.
My sister was the school/class/neighborhood bully.

Britannica Dictionary definition of BULLY

[+ object]

to frighten, hurt, or threaten (a smaller or weaker person)

to act like a bully toward (someone)

A group of girls were bullying [=picking on] her at the playground.
He bullied his younger brothers.

to cause (someone) to do something by making threats or insults or by using force

— usually + into

His boss bullied him into working overtime.
The kids were often bullied [=forced] into giving up their lunch money.

— bullying

noun

[noncount]

Bullying is not tolerated at school.
verbal/political bullying

Britannica Dictionary definition of BULLY

informal

— used in phrases like bully for you to express approval or praise especially when the approval or praise is not sincere

She won? Well, bully for her.

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Other forms: bullying; bullied; bullies; bullyingly

You might still have terrifying dreams about the bully who harassed you on the playground in second grade. A bully is someone who intimidates people, usually those who are weaker or smaller.

The classic example of a bully is a mean kid in a schoolyard who hassles or beats up younger students. While a child or a teenager can be a bully, so is anyone who uses power or strength to scare or harm other people. The word bully has gone through a mysterious evolution, from the 1530s when it meant «sweetheart,» through the 17th century’s meanings of «fine fellow,» then «blusterer,» and finally «harasser of the weak.»

Definitions of bully

verb

discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
“Her big brother always
bullied her when she was young”

synonyms:

ballyrag, boss around, browbeat, bullyrag, hector, push around, strong-arm
noun

a cruel and brutal fellow
“he did a
bully job”

synonyms:

bang-up, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell

good

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

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