Definitions for Bully

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Bully bul·ly

Spelling: [boo l-ee]

IPA: /ˈbʊl i/

Bully is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 27 anagrams from letters in Bully (blluy).

Definitions for Bully

noun

1. a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people.
2. Archaic. a man hired to do violence.
3. Obsolete. a pimp; procurer.
4. Obsolete. good friend; good fellow.
5. Obsolete. sweetheart; darling.
6. bully beef.
7. Soccer. a desperate, freewheeling scramble for the ball by a number of players, usually in the goal area.
8. Field Hockey. a method of putting the ball into play in which two opponents, facing each other, tap their sticks on the ground near the ball and then make contact with each other's sticks over the ball three times, after which each tries to gain possession of the ball.

adjective

1. Informal. fine; excellent; very good.
2. dashing; jovial; high-spirited.

interjection

1. Informal. good! well done!

verb (used with object)

1. to act the bully toward; intimidate; domineer.

verb (used without object)

1. to be loudly arrogant and overbearing.

Origin of Bully

First recorded in 1530-40, bully is from the Middle Dutch word boele lover

Examples for Bully

UNO puts such an onus on smoking students that it ultimately seems like a bully, even more than a nanny.

Straight up to the bully he walked and looked him firmly in the eye.

But as a true anti-bullying champion will tell you, a bully is no less a bully simply because his victim seeks to excuse him.

And so it is with me, bully boy, saving that my doxy cometh not.

It was now that Globson, bully no more, sought me out in the playground.

Or maybe even one on each wrist, both reading “I AM A bully.”

"The professor made a bully speech," said more than one after the exercises were over.

And when we have been spared such tragedy, it has happened precisely because presidents have stood up to the bully caucus.

If I am elected, then I will have power and the ability to ‘bully’ Republicans, as you say.

I have seen enough of you to know that you are a bully and coward.