Word Finder - bully

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A person who is intentionally, physically, or emotionally cruel to others; especially to those who are weaker or have less power or privilege.

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A playground bully pushed a girl off the swing.

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

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A hired thug.

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• henchman
• thug

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A sex worker’s minder.

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• pimp

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Bully beef.

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A brisk, dashing fellow.

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The small scrum in the Eton College field game.

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Various small freshwater or brackishwater fish of the family Eleotridae; sleeper goby.

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An (eldest) brother; a fellow workman; comrade

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A companion; mate (male or female).

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A darling, sweetheart (male or female).

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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.

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A miner's hammer.

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To intimidate (someone) as a bully.

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You shouldn't bully people for being gay.

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To act aggressively towards.

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• push around
• ride roughshod over

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Very good.

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a bully horse

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• excellent

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Jovial and blustering.

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• dashing

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(often followed by for) Well done!

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Bully, she's finally asked for that promotion!

The bully will now be more inclined to leave the kid alone.

Rostov went on ahead to do what was asked, and to his great surprise learned that Dolokhov the brawler, Dolokhov the bully, lived in Moscow with an old mother and a hunchback sister, and was the most affectionate of sons and brothers.

It seems almost normal to bully or be bullied at school.

Two kids plotting against a bully, exploring new haunts, exchanging secrets, making up games and building a club house together.

His old man was a miner and lived in Ouray when Fitzgerald was a kid—a snot-nosed bully, I suspect.

Ignoring the bully is the best defense since they hate being ignored.

However, that can only help to egg on a bully.

Determination was her motivation to stand up to the bully.

But membership on the council offers a bully pulpit.

Like her cousins, who took everything so seriously, something about Xander provoked her inner bully.

A bully may be an acquaintance from school, your neighborhood or someone you have never met before.

This can be especially comforting if you are shy, or if anyone begins to bully you.

The more you interact with a bully, the more he will likely do to you.

This person cannot bully you if he or she cannot find you!

Bully tactics Men use power in terms of financial clout.

Bully Humor I've noticed that I often gravitate toward the " Bully " theme.

The bully was a wretch because he was so cruel.

Although, if you continue to get messages from a bully start to save them and show them to an adult.

Adult evacuees, mainly the children's parents and teachers, were given one extra tin of bully beef.

But he's called away after his stepson, Evan, confronts a school bully with a tranquiliser gun stolen from Danny's cupboard.

After seeing ' Farenheight 9/11 ', she said she was ' disgusted ', and described Michael Moore as a playground bully.

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One should not contend with anyone on account of a personal grudge or bully the weak.

You can't beat a bit of Bully Sunday, October 30th, 2005 Oh dearest iTunes, how fickle thou hadst made me.

The bully will then take the mick out of the child who wrote the poem.

Bully on the other hand didn t, and continued to bowl a flurry of full tosses that their left-handed opener loved putting away.

From the moment Michael Rooker's town bully becomes infected by the parasite, it's a messy thrill-ride of increasingly grotesque adventures.

The sub-plot revolved around a dysfunctional family of four, the villain of which was Eddie Connolly, a somewhat two-dimensional bully.

If bad Jews bully our gentile rulers, why are they such wimps that they give in to it?

The teenage boy began clinching his fists when he heard the bully being rude to his friends.

Watch out for the big bully, Duane, trying to keep you stranded.

There are lots more Bully cheats for Wii, most commonly in the form of exhaustive walkthroughs and FAQs that give you step-by-step directions on how to beat the various missions, but don't forget that part of the fun is exploration.

The school bully used coercion to force the other kids to give him their lunch money.

Rodrick uses this information to hold over Greg's head and try to bully him into doing things he doesn't want to do.

A cyber bully is a person that enjoys saying hurtful things or threatening people under the "protection" of the Internet.

The bully only has power over you as long as you let them.

These learning difficulties may make it very difficult for the bully to focus and understand the concepts being taught in class.

The anger a bully feels about his or her own life rises to the surface.

Instead of dealing with the underlying causes for those emotions, a bully takes it out on another.

If you are in a situation where you or another is being bullied, look the bully in the eye, and tell him or her to stop it.

A common denominator in all chat room environments is the bully or spoiler.

While it may be impossible to rid all chat rooms of these invasive individuals, visitors don't have to give a bully the platform to spew their hatred.

If you find yourself being bullied in a chat room, ignore it and continue as if the bully wasn't even there.

Engaging in a virtual shouting match won't serve you well, and it only makes the bully happy knowing that he or she is getting to you.

These personal characteristics don't automatically qualify a child as a high school bully, but they are seen in many children who engage in these behaviors.

For others, being openly mocked or made fun of daily by a bully can take its toll.

Arguing, crying, or yelling at the bully is typically not a good idea.

Role play with a good friend or family member to help you figure out how to handle things the next time the bully approaches you.

Unfortunately, sometimes you might be the friend of a bully.

While it might seem like tattling to go straight to your parents when you confront a bully, it is one of the smarter things that you can do.