bully

bully
    adj 1: very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car";
           "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply
           smashing" [syn: {bang-up}, {bully}, {corking},
           {cracking}, {dandy}, {great}, {groovy}, {keen}, {neat},
           {nifty}, {not bad(p)}, {peachy}, {slap-up}, {swell},
           {smashing}]
    n 1: a cruel and brutal fellow [syn: {bully}, {tough},
         {hooligan}, {ruffian}, {roughneck}, {rowdy}, {yob}, {yobo},
         {yobbo}]
    2: a hired thug
    v 1: be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when
         she was young" [syn: {strong-arm}, {bully}, {browbeat},
         {bullyrag}, {ballyrag}, {boss around}, {hector}, {push
         around}]
    2: discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner;
       intimidate [syn: {browbeat}, {bully}, {swagger}]
    

Bully \Bul"ly\, v. i.
   To act as a bully[1].
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bully \bul"ly\ (b[.u]l"l[y^]), interj.
   Well done! Excellent!
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Bully \Bul"ly\ (b[.u]l"l[y^]), n.; pl. {Bullies}
   (b[u^]l"l[i^]z). [Cf. LG. bullerjaan, bullerb[aum]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,
      who threatens, intimidates, or badgers people who are
      smaller or weaker than he is; an insolent, tyrannical
      fellow.
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            Bullies seldom execute the threats they deal in.
                                                  --Palmerston.
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   2. A brisk, dashing fellow. [Slang Obs.] --Shak.
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Bully \Bul"ly\ (b[.u]l"l[y^]), n., Bully beef \Bul"ly beef`\
   (b[.u]l"l[y^] b[=e]f`). [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.
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Bully \Bul"ly\ (b[.u]l"l[y^]), a.
   1. Jovial and blustering; dashing. [Slang] "Bless thee, bully
      doctor." --Shak.
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   2. Fine; excellent; as, a bully horse. [Slang, U.S.]
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Bully \Bul"ly\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bullied} (b[.u]l"l[=e]d);
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Bullying}.]
   To intimidate or badger with threats and by an overbearing,
   swaggering demeanor; to act the part of a bully[1] toward.
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         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.
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   Syn: To bluster; swagger; hector; domineer.
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276 Moby Thesaurus words for "bully":
      Antaeus, Atlas, Briareus, Brobdingnagian, Charles Atlas, Cyclops,
      Goliath, Hercules, Herod, OK, Polyphemus, Samson, Superman, Tarzan,
      Titan, ace-high, admirable, annoyer, awe, bad, badgerer, bang-up,
      battler, beat down, beef, beef extract, beef tea, belligerent,
      belted knight, bickerer, blackjack, blade, blatherskite, bludgeon,
      bluff, bluffer, bluster, bluster and bluff, bluster out of,
      blusterer, bonzer, boss, bouillon, bounce, brag, braggart, bravo,
      brawler, break, browbeat, browbeater, bucko, bulldoze, bulldozer,
      bully beef, bullyboy, bullyrag, but good, cadet, capital, castrate,
      champion, charqui, chipped beef, clamp down on, coerce, colossus,
      combatant, compel, competitor, contender, contestant, cool,
      corking, cow, crackerjack, cutthroat, dandy, daunt, delicious,
      demoralize, desperado, despotize, devil, disputant, domineer,
      domineer over, dragoon, dried beef, ducky, duelist, enforcer,
      enslave, fab, famous, fancy man, fanfaron, fencer, feuder, fighter,
      fighting cock, fine, fine and dandy, first-rate, foilsman,
      gamecock, gasconade, gear, giant, gladiator, goon, gorilla, great,
      grind, grind down, groovy, ground beef, gunman, hamburger, harass,
      harasser, harrier, hatchet man, heavy, heckler, hector, hectorer,
      hell-raiser, hellcat, henpeck, hijack, hood, hoodlum, hooligan,
      hot, huff, hunky-dory, intimidate, intimidator, jam-up, jerky,
      jolly, jouster, just dandy, keen, keep down, keep under, killer,
      knight, lord it over, mad dog, marvy, mean, menace, militant,
      muscle man, nag, neat, nifty, nobby, nudnik, nudzh, okay, oppress,
      out of sight, out-herod Herod, overawe, overbear, overmaster,
      override, pander, pastrami, peachy, peachy-keen, persecute,
      persecutor, pest, pesterer, plaguer, plug-ugly, powerhouse,
      press heavy on, push around, quarreler, rage, rant, ranter, rave,
      raver, repress, ride over, ride roughshod over, rioter, ripping,
      rival, roast beef, roister, roisterer, rollick, rough, rowdy,
      ruffian, rum, sabreur, sadist, salt beef, scrapper, scrumptious,
      scuffler, shanghai, slang, slap-up, smashing, solid,
      something else, spiffing, spiffy, splutter, sputter, squabbler,
      stalwart, steamroller, storm, strong arm, strong man, strong-arm,
      strong-arm man, strong-armer, struggler, stunning, subjugate, suet,
      superior, suppress, swagger, swaggerer, swashbuckle, swashbuckler,
      swasher, swell, sword, swordplayer, swordsman,
      systematically terrorize, tease, teaser, terrorize, the mighty,
      the strong, threaten, thug, tilter, torment, tormentor, torture,
      tough, tough guy, tower of strength, trample down, trample upon,
      tread down, tread upon, tussler, tyrannize, tyrannize over, tyrant,
      unman, use violence, vapor, vaporer, walk all over, walk over,
      weigh heavy on, wizard, worthy, wrangler