Bully

Quick meaning: Bully is a noun meaning A noisy, blustering, tyrannical person, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome.

Meaning

A noisy, blustering, tyrannical person, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome.

More Meanings

1. A hired thug.
2. A sex worker's minder.
3. (uncountable) Bully beef.
4. The small scrum in the Eton College field game.
5. Any of various small freshwater or brackishwater fish of the family Eleotridae; sleeper gobies.
6. 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.
7. (obsolete) A brisk, dashing fellow.

Example Sentences

What sayest thou, Bully Bottom?

A playground bully pushed a girl off the swing.

I noticed you being a bully towards people with disabilities.

Besides, bullies seldom execute the threats they deal in; and men of trick and cunning are not always men of desperate resolves.

Word Forms

• bullies
• bullying
• bullied
• bullier
• bulliest

Synonyms for bully

Depending on context, synonyms include henchman, thug, pimp, abbot, bludger, cock-bawd.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include browbeat, bullyrag, hector, ballyrag, rowdy, ruffian.

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