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English Dictionary: bully	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for bully
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bully adj very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" Synonym(s): bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing n a cruel and brutal fellow [syn: bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo] a hired thug v be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young" Synonym(s): strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate Synonym(s): browbeat, bully, swagger
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bully \Bul"ly\, n., Bully beef \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.] Pickled or canned beef.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bully \Bul"ly\, a. 1. Jovial and blustering; dashing. [Slang] [bd]Bless thee, bully doctor.[b8] --Shak. 2. Fine; excellent; as, a bully horse. [Slang, U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bully \Bul"ly\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bullied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bullying}.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bully \Bul"ly\, v. i. To act as a bully.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bully \Bul"ly\, n.; pl. {Bullies}. [Cf. LG. bullerjaan, bullerb[84]k, 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.