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bully noun /ˈbʊli/ /ˈbʊli/ (plural bullies) jump to other results - a person who uses their strength or power to frighten or hurt weaker people
- the school bully
- Leave him alone, you big bully!
- school/playground bullies
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectivebully + verb- pick on somebody
- beat somebody up
See full entry Word Originmid 16th cent.: probably from Middle Dutch boele ‘lover’. Original use was as a term of endearment applied to either sex; it later became a familiar form of address to a male friend. The current sense dates from the late 17th cent.
bully verb /ˈbʊli/ /ˈbʊli/ jump to other results - to frighten or hurt a weaker person; to use your strength or power to make somebody do something
- bully somebody My son is being bullied at school.
- bully somebody into something/into doing something I won't be bullied into signing anything.
Extra Examples- Don't be bullied by people who shout at you.
- He was bullied rather than persuaded into going with them.
- I could hear the doctor bullying his patients in a good-natured way.
- I suppose I got bullied into it by my family.
- Sometimes the older girls bullied us and made us give them our sweets.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: probably from Middle Dutch boele ‘lover’. Original use was as a term of endearment applied to either sex; it later became a familiar form of address to a male friend. The current sense dates from the late 17th cent.
bully exclamation /ˈbʊli/ /ˈbʊli/ Idioms jump to other results Idioms - (informal) used to show that you do not think that what somebody has said or done is very impressive
- He's got a job in New York? Well, bully for him!
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