Bully word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "bully" word

[noun] a cruel and brutal fellow
[adjective] (informal) very good; "a bully pulpit"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
[verb] discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
[verb] be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"

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\Bul"ly\, n.; pl. {Bullies}. [Cf. LG. bullerjaan, bullerb["a]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.
\Bul"ly\, a. 1. Jovial and blustering; dashing. [Slang] ``Bless thee, bully doctor.'' --Shak. 2. Fine; excellent; as, a bully horse. [Slang, U.S.]
\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.
\Bul"ly\, v. i. To act as a 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.

Synonyms for bully

ballyrag, bang-up, boss around, browbeat, browbeat, bullyrag, corking, cracking, dandy, good, great, groovy, hector, hooligan, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, push around, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, slap-up, smashing, strong-arm, swagger, swell, tough, yob, yobbo, yobo

Related terms: Atlas, bang-up, beat down, bluff, bounce, break, colossus, contender, dandy, disputant, dragoon, enslave, jerky, just dandy, keep down, killer, nag, nifty, override, repress, scuffler, splutter, strong-arm man, stunning, subjugate, superior, swagger, tilter, tyrannize, vaporer

The fun area, different aproach to word »bully«

Let's analyse "bully" as pure text. This string has Five letters in Two syllables and One vowel (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 20% of vowels is 18.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: YLLUB. Average typing speed for these characters is 1340 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: -... ..- .-.. .-.. -.--

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: bully: 3 = 3, reduced: 3 (or 1 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is Three.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: bully: 2 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 7 = 18, reduced: 9, and the final result is Nine.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
B (1)	2	High Priestess	Compassionate, Caring, Knowing
L (2)	12	Hanged Man	Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive
U (1)	21	World	Gifted, Generous, Bountiful
Y (1)	25	Knight of Wands	Brave, Daring, Bold, Charismatic, Brash

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