meaning of bully
1. A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.
2. A brisk, dashing fellow.
3. Jovial and blustering; dashing.
4. Fine; excellent; as, a bully horse.
5. To intimidate with threats and by an overbearing, swaggering demeanor; to act the part of a bully toward.
6. To act as a bully.
7. The name of several West Indian trees of the order Sapotaceae, as Dipholis nigra and species of Sapota and Mimusops. Most of them yield a substance closely resembling gutta-percha.
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bully | bullying | bullyrag | bullyrock |