bully

Plural: bullies

Noun

• a cruel and brutal fellow
• a hired thug
• 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.
• A noisy, blustering, tyrannical person, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome.
• A hired thug.
• A sex worker's minder.
• Bully beef.
• A brisk, dashing fellow.
• The small scrum in the Eton College field game.
• Any of various small freshwater or brackishwater fish of the family Eleotridae; sleeper gobies.
• An (eldest) brother; a fellow workman; comrade
• A companion; mate (male or female).
• A darling, sweetheart (male or female).
• 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.
• A miner's hammer.

Verb

Verb Forms: bullied, bullying, bullies

• To treat others abusively, often through intimidation.
• be bossy towards
• discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
• To intimidate (someone) as a bully.
• To act aggressively towards.

Adjective Satellite

• very good
  • "he did a bully job"

Adj

• Very good.
• Jovial and blustering.

Intj

• Well done!

Adjective

• Excellent; wonderful; first-rate.

Examples

• a bully horse
• A playground bully pushed a girl off the swing.
• Bully, she's finally asked for that promotion!
• Don’t try to BULLY me into challenging that valid word, I saw it in the dictionary!
• I noticed you being a bully towards people with disabilities.
• I won't have you bullying us out my own house.
• What a BULLY play! That ’Q’ on the triple letter square was perfectly placed.
• You shouldn't bully people for being weak.

Synonyms

ballyrag, bang-up, boss around, browbeat, bullyrag, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, hector, hooligan, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, push around, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, slap-up, smashing, strong-arm, swagger, swell, tough, yob, yobbo, yobo, Wearside), abbot, ace, admirable, awe-inspiring, awesome, babber, babe, baby, babycakes, bae, bang on, based, beneship, billy, bitching, bludger, bomb, bravissimo, bravo, bredrin, brilliant, bruv, bubba, bud, buddo, buddy, buffalo, bulldoze, bully, bully-off, buttercup, butty, cabbage, chaver, cher, chickabiddy, chickadee, china, choice, chronic, chuck, chum, chur, cobber, cock, cock on, cock-bawd, cocker, compadre, companion, comrade, congrats, congratulations, cool, copacetic, cove, cow, crackerjack, crony, cupcake, cushty, cutie, dag, dalaal, dank, darling, dashing, dastardize, daunt, dawg, dear, dear heart, dearest, dearie, dearling, def, dialectal (chiefly Geordie, dishearten, do down, doll, domineer, doodlebug, dope, dove, drive, duck, ducky, dude, dumpling, encore, excellent, exceptional, fab, fabulous, fair fucks, fam, fantabulosa, fantastic, fettler, finger-lickin' good, fireball, first-rate, fishmonger, flashman, fleshmonger, fly, frabjous, friend, full marks, geez, geezer, get you, gink, gnarly, good for someone, good for you, good going, good job, good old boy, good on you, good show, good work, grouse, hats off, heart, heartface, heartling, heartmate, henchman, hinny, homeskillet, homie, hon, honey, honey bun, honeybug, honeybunch, honeybunny, honeycakes, honeypie, hoon, hoorah, hooray, hurrah, hurray, hustler, huzza, huzzah, informal or poetic), intimidate, jewel, jo, jolly good show, keep it up, kicking, kidder, killer, kith, kudos, lambchop, lambkin, lash, lass (archaic except UK, lautitious, liefling, lit, little one, love, lovebug, loveling, lover, lovie, luvvy, m'dear, mack, mack daddy, mackerel, marrow, marvelous, mate, matey, mazal tov, mazel tov, menace, miting, moppet, mopsy, mouse, mucker, muffin, muss, muttonmonger, nang, nice one, nookie-bookie, old bean, old sport, out of sight, outstanding, pal, pally, pandar, pardner, peeps, peng, pet, petal, phat, phenomenal, pimp, poppet, proper job, pug, pukka, pumpkin, pussums, pussy, pussymonger, quality, rad, radical, ride roughshod over, right on, rum, sausage, schnookums, shabash, shag, shug, sick, slick, snicklefritz, snookums, snuggums, souteneur, spiffing, splendid, sport, squishy, sterling, sug, sugar, sugar baby, sugar beet, sugar-plum, sugarpie, super, superb, superior, surry, sweet, sweet pea, sweetcheeks, sweetheart, sweetie, sweetie pie, sweetling, sweetman, sweets, terrific, there you go, thug, tight, top, top-drawer, top-hole, top-notch, top-of-the-range, top-shelf, topping, tovarish, treasure, tubular, wantok, way to go, well done, well said, whoreman, whoremaster, whoremonger, wicked, wicked pissah, wonderful, woobie, worldie

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