BULLY

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

(adjective) very good; “he did a bully job”; “a neat sports car”; “had a great time at the party”; “you look simply smashing”; “we had a grand old time”

bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo

(noun) a cruel and brutal fellow

bully

(noun) a hired thug

browbeat, bully, swagger

(verb) discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

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

(verb) be bossy towards; “Her big brother always bullied her when she was young”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

bully (countable and uncountable, plural bullies)

A person who is intentionally, physically, or emotionally cruel to others; especially to those who are weaker or have less power or privilege. [from late 17th c.]

A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.

A hired thug.

Synonyms: henchman, thug

A sex worker’s minder.

Synonyms: pimp, Thesaurus:pimp

(uncountable) Bully beef.

(obsolete) A brisk, dashing fellow.

The small scrum in the Eton College field game.

Various small freshwater or brackishwater fish of the family Eleotridae; sleeper goby.

(obsolete or dialectal, Irish and Northern England) An (eldest) brother; a fellow workman; comrade

(dialectal) A companion; mate (male or female).

Synonym: Thesaurus:friend

(obsolete) A darling, sweetheart (male or female).

Synonym: Thesaurus:sweetheart

(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.

(mining) A miner's hammer.

Verb

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

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

Synonym: Thesaurus:intimidate

(transitive) To act aggressively towards.

Synonyms: push around, ride roughshod over

Adjective

bully (comparative bullier, superlative bulliest)

(US, slang) Very good.

Synonyms: excellent, Thesaurus:excellent

(slang) Jovial and blustering.

Synonym: dashing

Interjection

bully

(often, followed by for) Well done!

Synonym: Thesaurus:well done

Source: Wiktionary

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Bul"ly, n.; pl. Bullies (. Etym: [Cf. LG. bullerjaan, bullerbäk, bullerbrook, a blusterer, D. bulderaar a bluster, bulderen to bluster; prob. of imitative origin; or cf. MHG. buole lover, G. buhle.]

1. A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow. Bullies seldom execute the threats they deal in. Palmerston.

2. A brisk, dashing fellow. [Slang Obs.] Shak.

Bul"ly, a.

1. Jovial and blustering; dashing. [Slang] "Bless thee, bully doctor." Shak.

2. Fine; excellent; as, a bully horse. [Slang, U.S.]

Bul"ly, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bullied; p. pr. & vb. n. Bullying.]

Definition: To intimidate with threats and by an overbearing, swaggering demeanor; to act the part of a bully toward. For the last fortnight there have been prodigious shoals of volunteers gone over to bully the French, upon hearing the peace was just signing. Tatler.

Syn.

– To bluster; swagger; hector; domineer.

Bul"ly, v. i.

Definition: To act as a bully.

Bul"ly, n., Bul"ly beef`. [F. bouilli boiled meat, fr. bouillir to boil. See Boil, v. The word bouilli was formerly commonly used on the labels of canned beef.]

Definition: Pickled or canned beef.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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