Definitions of Bully [ˈbʊl i]

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Definition of 'Bully'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) bully
a quarrelsome, overbearing person who badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people.

2.  bully
Archaic. a man hired to do violence.

3.  bully
Obsolete.

4.  bully
a pimp.

5.  bully
a good friend; good fellow.

6.  bully
a sweetheart.

7. (v.t.) bully
to intimidate or terrorize.

8. (v.i.) bully
to be loudly arrogant and overbearing.

9. (adj.) bully
Informal. fine; excellent.

10. (interj.) bully
(used to express approval).

11. (n.) bully
canned or pickled beef. Also called bully beef.

Etymology: (1865–70; < F bouilli, short for boeuf bouilli boiled meat)

Definition of 'Bully'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo
a cruel and brutal fellow

2. (adj) bully
a hired thug

3. (verb) bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing
very good
"he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"

4. (verb) strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around
be bossy towards
"Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"

5. (verb) browbeat, bully, swagger
discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

Definition of 'Bully'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) bully
to be cruel to a weaker person
He was bullied at school.

Definition of 'Bully'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Bully
jovial and blustering; dashing

2. (adj) Bully
fine; excellent; as, a bully horse

3. (noun) Bully
a noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow

4. (noun) Bully
a brisk, dashing fellow

5. (verb) Bully
to intimidate with threats and by an overbearing, swaggering demeanor; to act the part of a bully toward

6. (verb) Bully
to act as a bully

Translation of 'Bully'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a person who hurts or frightens other, weaker people The fat boy was a bully at school.
Afrikaans: bullebak	Arabic: مُتَغَطْرِس، مُشاغِب، مُت	Bulgarian: побойник
Brazilian: valentão	Czech: tyran	German: der Tyrann
Danish: bølle; bisse	Greek: νταής, μάγκας που εκφοβίζ	Spanish: matón
Estonian: türann	Farsi: زورگو؛ قلدر	Finnish: kiusaaja
French: brute (tyrannique)	Hebrew: בִּרְיוֹן	Hindi: क्रूर, दंबग, धौंसबाज
Croatian: nasilnik	Hungarian: zsarnok	Indonesian: pengganggu
Italian: prepotente	Japanese: 弱い者いじめ	Korean: 약자를 못살게 구는 자
Lithuanian: šantažistas, chuliganas	Latvian: huligāns; terorizētājs	Malay: buli
Dutch: bullebak	Norwegian: bølle; tyrann	Polish: tyran
Persian: زورگو؛ قلدر	Pashto: ځورونکی	Portuguese: valentão
Romanian: tiran, dur	Russian: задира, хулиган	Slovak: tyran
Slovenian: pretepač	Serbian: nasilnik	Swedish: översittare
Thai: อันธพาล	Turkish: Ali kıran baş kesen, kaba	Taiwanese: 欺凌弱小者
Ukrainian: задирака; хуліган	Urdu: کلے دراز ، پاٹے خان	Vietnamese: đầu gấu trường học
Chinese: 欺凌弱小者
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