bully
21Bully — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sommaire 1 Toponyme 2 Patronyme …
22bully — ‘You bully!’ would in modern times be the natural verbal defence of a schoolboy being ill treated by an older and bigger boy. The school bully is almost an institution, taught his lesson in a thousand and one stories of schoolboy heroism. He… …
23bully — bul|ly1 [ˈbuli] n plural bullies [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: bully lover, someone who controls a prostitute (16 19 centuries), probably from Dutch boel lover ] someone who uses their strength or power to frighten or hurt someone who is weaker ▪… …
24bully — I UK [ˈbʊlɪ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms bully : present tense I/you/we/they bully he/she/it bullies present participle bullying past tense bullied past participle bullied * a) to frighten or hurt someone who is smaller or weaker than you… …
25bully — I. /ˈbʊli / (say boolee) noun (plural bullies) 1. a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who browbeats smaller or weaker people. 2. a. a quandong seed threaded on a string. b. (plural) a children s game in which one player uses their bully …
26bully — 01. The older boy causes problems at school by [bullying] younger children. 02. A young boy at the school was [bullied] into paying some other boys a dollar a day not to beat him up. 03. Research has shown that children who are continuously… …
27bully — [16] Bullies have undergone a sad decline in status. In the 16th century the word meant ‘sweetheart’: ‘Though she be somewhat old, it is my own sweet bully’, John Bale, Three laws 1538. But gradually the rot set in, its meaning passing through… …
28bully — [16] Bullies have undergone a sad decline in status. In the 16th century the word meant ‘sweetheart’: ‘Though she be somewhat old, it is my own sweet bully’, John Bale, Three laws 1538. But gradually the rot set in, its meaning passing through… …
29bully — bul|ly1 [ buli ] noun count * someone who frightens or hurts someone who is smaller or weaker than they are: the office/school/class/playground bully a. someone who uses their influence or status to threaten or frighten someone else in order to… …
30bully — [[t]b ʊli[/t]] bullies, bullying, bullied 1) N COUNT A bully is someone who uses their strength or power to hurt or frighten other people. I fell victim to the office bully... He s a coward and a bully who confuses physical strength with manhood …
