bully - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'bully' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Bully

[ a.]

- Jovial and blustering; dashing.
- Fine; excellent; as, a bully horse.

2 . Bully

[ n.]

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

3 . Bully

[ v. i.]

- To act as a bully.

4 . Bully

[ v. t.]

- To intimidate with threats and by an overbearing, swaggering demeanor; to act the part of a bully toward.

Meaning of 'bully' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . bully

[ v]

Meaning (1):
- be bossy towards

Example in sentence:

Her big brother always bullied her when she was young

2 . bully

[ s]

Meaning (2):
- very good

Example in sentence:

a neat sports car;
had a great time at the party;
he did a bully job;
we had a grand old time;
you look simply smashing

Nearby Words:

bulau bulb bulbaceous bulbar bulbed bulbel bulbiferous bulblet bulbo-tuber bulbose

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Workplace bullying
Workplace bullying refers to persistent, offensive, abusive, intimidating or insulting behavior or unfair actions directed at another individual, causing the recipient to feel threatened, abused, humiliated or vulnerable.

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