Bully /(bụl"ly̆)/

Bul·ly

Bully

n.

pl. Bullies ((bŭl"lĭz))

  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.
    Bullies seldom execute the threats they deal in.
    — Palmerston.
  2. A brisk, dashing fellow. [Slang Obs.]

Bully

n.
  1. Pickled or canned beef.

Bully

a.
  1. Jovial and blustering; dashing. [Slang]
  2. Fine; excellent; as, a bully horse. [Slang, U.S.]

Bully

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Bullied; p. pr. & vb. n. Bullying

  1. To intimidate or badger with threats and by an overbearing, swaggering demeanor; to act the part of a bully{1} 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.

Bully

v. i.
  1. To act as a bully{1}.

bully

interj.
  1. Well done! Excellent!