Definitions for bully
ˈbʊl ibul·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbonoun

   a cruel and brutal fellow

2. bullyadjective

   a hired thug

3. bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashingverb

   very good

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

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

   be bossy towards

   "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"

5. browbeat, bully, swaggerverb

   discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. bullynoun

   A person who is cruel to others, especially those who are weaker or have less power.

2. bullynoun

   A hired thug.

3. bullynoun

   A prostitute's minder; a pimp.

4. bullynoun

   Bully beef.

5. bullynoun

   The penis.

6. bullyverb

   To intimidate (someone) as a bully.

   You shouldn't bully people for being gay

7. bullyverb

   To act aggressively towards.

8. bullyadjective

   Very good; excellent.

9. bullyinterjection

   Well done!

   She's finally leaving her abusive husband uE000186484uE001 bully for her!

10. Etymology: 1530, from boel, from boel, from bō-lan- (compare bole, buole, German Buhle), diminutive of expressive *bō- (“brother, father”). More at boy.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bullynoun

   A noisy, blustering, quarrelling fellow: it is generally taken for a man that has only the appearance of courage.

   Etymology: Stephen Skinner derives this word from burly, as a corruption in the pronunciation; which is very probably right: or from bulky, or bull-eyed; which are less probable. May it not come from bull, the pope's letter, implying the insolence of those who came invested with authority from the papal court?

   Mine host of the garter. —— What says my bully rock? Speak scholarly and wisely. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.

   All on a sudden the doors flew open, and in comes a crew of roaring bullies, with their wenches, their dogs, and their bottles. Roger L'Estrange, Fables.

   ’Tis so ridic’lous, but so true withal,
   A bully cannot sleep without a brawl. John Dryden, Juv sat. iii.

   A scolding hero is, at the worst, a more tolerable character than a bully in petticoats. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 38.

   The little man is a bully in his nature, but, when he grows cholerick, I confine him till his wrath is over. Joseph Addison, Spect.

2. To Bullyverb

   To overbear with noise or menaces.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   Prentices, parish clerks, and hectors meet,
   He that is drunk, or bully’d, pays the treat. William King, Cookery.

3. To Bullyverb

   To be noisy and quarrelsome.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bully

   Bullying is the use of force, coercion, hurtful teasing or threat, to abuse, aggressively dominate or intimidate. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. One essential prerequisite is the perception (by the bully or by others) of an imbalance of physical or social power. This imbalance distinguishes bullying from conflict. Bullying is a subcategory of aggressive behavior characterized by hostile intent, imbalance of power and repetition over a period of time. Bullying is the activity of repeated, aggressive behavior intended to hurt another individual, physically, mentally or emotionally. Bullying can be done individually or by a group, called mobbing, in which the bully may have one or more followers who are willing to assist the primary bully or who reinforce the bully by providing positive feedback such as laughing. Bullying in school and the workplace is also referred to as "peer abuse". Robert W. Fuller has analyzed bullying in the context of rankism. The Swedish-Norwegian researcher Dan Olweus says bullying occurs when a person is "exposed, repeatedly and over time, to negative actions on the part of one or more other persons", and that negative actions occur "when a person intentionally inflicts injury or discomfort upon another person, through physical contact, through words or in other ways". Individual bullying is usually characterized by a person behaving in a certain way to gain power over another person.A bullying culture can develop in any context in which humans interact with each other. This may include school, family, the workplace, the home, and neighborhoods. The main platform for bullying in contemporary culture is on social media websites. In a 2012 study of male adolescent American football players, "the strongest predictor [of bullying] was the perception of whether the most influential male in a player's life would approve of the bullying behavior." A study by The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health in 2019 showed a relationship between social media use by girls and an increase in their exposure to bullying.Bullying may be defined in many different ways. In the United Kingdom, there is no legal definition of bullying, while some states in the United States have laws against it. Bullying is divided into four basic types of abuse – psychological (sometimes called emotional or relational), verbal, physical, and cyber.Behaviors used to assert such domination may include physical assault or coercion, verbal harassment, or threat, and such acts may be directed repeatedly toward particular targets. Rationalizations of such behavior sometimes include differences of social class, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, appearance, behavior, body language, personality, reputation, lineage, strength, size, or ability.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bullynoun

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

2. Bullynoun

   a brisk, dashing fellow

3. Bullyadjective

   jovial and blustering; dashing

4. Bullyadjective

   fine; excellent; as, a bully horse

5. Bullyverb

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

6. Bullyverb

   to act as a bully

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Bully

   bool′i, n. a blustering, noisy, overbearing fellow: a ruffian hired to beat or intimidate any one: a fellow who lives upon the gains of a prostitute: (obs.) a term of familiarity to either man or woman.—adj. blustering: brisk: (U.S.) first-rate.—v.i. to bluster.—v.t. to threaten in a noisy way:—pr.p. bull′ying; pa.p. bull′ied.—n. Bull′yism.—v.t. Bull′yrag (coll.), to assail with abusive language, to overawe.—ns. Bull′yragging; Bull′y-rook, a bully.—Bully for you, bravo! [Perh. Dut. boel, a lover; cf. Ger. buhle.]

2. Bully

   bool′i, n. a miner's hammer.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bully

   It is a person who does something verbal or physical hurting you over and over.

   There is a bully at school that keeps bothering me.

   
   

   Submitted by JP03 on October 22, 2015  

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BULLY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bully is ranked #98982 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Bully surname appeared 183 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Bully.
   
   43.7% or 80 total occurrences were Black.
   43.1% or 79 total occurrences were White.
   6.5% or 12 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   2.7% or 5 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Intimidate

How to pronounce bully?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bully in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bully in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of bully in a Sentence

1. Joe Biden:

   The idea that I'd be intimidated by Donald Trump, joe Biden's Joe Biden that I knew my whole life. Joe Biden's Joe Biden that I've always stood up to. Joe Biden's the bully that used to make fun when I was a kid that I stutter, and I'd smack Joe Biden in the mouth.

2. Hope Solo:

   I've seen Megan Rapinoe almost bully players into kneeling because she really wants to stand up for something in her particular way, but it's our right as Americans to do it in whatever way we're comfortable with.

3. Andy McKean:

   With the 2020 president election looming on the horizon, I feel as a Republican that I need to be able to support the standard bearer of our party. Unfortunately, that is not something I am able to do, he sets, in my opinion, a poor example for the nation and particularly for our children by personally insulting -- often in a crude and juvenile fashion -- those who disagree with him, being a bully at a time when we we are attempting to discourage bullying, his frequent disregard for the truth and his willingness to ridicule or marginalize people for their appearance, ethnicity or disability.

4. Former Marine Dennis Diaz:

   As Americans, we take on the big bullies, and right now, Russia is the big bully. And we’re going to go out there and we’re going to help Ukraine.

5. Benjamin Weinthal on Twitter @BenWeinthal:

   Turkey is the bully of the region.

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