bully
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Is bully a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (uncountable) Bully beef.uncountable
2. (obsolete) A brisk, dashing fellow.Examples: "What sayest thou, Bully Bottom?"countableobsoleteuncountable
3. (obsolete or dialectal, Ireland and Northern England) An (eldest) brother; a fellow workman; comradeExamples: "Frae Team Gut to Whitley, we' coals black an' brown For the Amphitrite loaded, the keel had come down— But the bullies ower neet had their gobs se oft wet, That the nyem o' the ship yen an' a' did forget."IrelandNorthern-Englandcountabledialectalobsoleteuncountable
4. (dialectal) A companion; mate (male or female).Synonyms: babber, billy, bredrin, bruv, bud, buddo, buddy, buttycountabledialectaluncountable
5. (obsolete) A darling, sweetheart (male or female).Examples: "I kiss his dirty shoe, and from heart-string / I love the lovely bully. What is thy name?"; "I have promised to be with the sweet bully early in the morning of her important day."; "What! manim-an—kiss your child, man alive. That I may never, but he looks at the darlin’ as if it was a sod of turf! Throth you’re not worthy of havin’ such a bully."Synonyms: babber, babe, precious, bae, baby, babycakes, bubba, bullycountableobsoleteuncountable
6. (field hockey) A standoff between two players from the opposing teams, who repeatedly hit each other's hockey sticks and then attempt to acquire the ball, as a method of resuming the game in certain circumstances.Synonyms: bully-offcountableuncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To intimidate (someone) as a bully.Examples: "You shouldn't bully people for being weak."; "I won't have you bullying us out my own house."; "Bradly's stomach kinked in on itself, thinking of Cora struck silly with that corpse on her hands and the copper bullying the truth out of her."Synonyms: buffalo, bulldoze, bully, browbeat, cow, dastardize, daunt, disheartentransitive
2. (transitive) To act aggressively towards.Examples: "The Potters know their strengths and played to them perfectly here, out-muscling Bolton in midfield and bullying the visitors' back-line at every opportunity."Synonyms: push around, ride roughshod overtransitive
adj (English)
1. (US, slang, dated) Very good.Examples: "a bully horse"; "To sing a bully song I'll try, / Bully for you, bully for you, / Gay as they make them, here I am, / Bully for you, for you."; "He looked down upon the girl beside him—a daughter of the desert walking across the face of a dead world with a son of the jungle. He smiled at the thought. He wished that he had had a sister, and that she had been like this girl. What a bully chum she would have been!"Synonyms: excellent, ace, admirable, awe-inspiring, awesome, bang on, bang-up, basedUSdatedslang
2. (slang, obsolete) Jovial and blustering.Examples: "Bless thee, bully doctor!"Synonyms: dashingobsoleteslang
intj (English)
1. (often followed by for) Well done; often sarcastic in modern use.Examples: "Bully, she's finally asked for that promotion!"; "Bully! Bully! Finis coronet opus, “the end crowns all”; “may the last be the best!” By Godfrey it was delightful."Synonyms: bravissimo, bravo, bully, cock on, congrats, congratulations, encore, fair fucksoften
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