B2noun · countable / uncountable · rare

bully

bully · bullies

хуліган, забіяка

тиран, хулиган, громила, забияка

Bully, Tyrann, Mobber, Rabauke

A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to…A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege.

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UK/ˈbɵlɪj/US/ˈbʊli/

» Go and beat up that bully.

Иди и наваляй этому хулигану.

Іди і побий цього хулігана.

Meaning

13 senses

(countable, uncountable)A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege.
A playground bully pushed a girl off the swing.
I noticed you being a bully towards people with disabilities.
Rabauke, Bully, Tyrann
зади́раzadíra, забия́каzabijáka, громи́лаgromíla
хуліга́нxulihán, забія́каzabijáka
(countable, uncountable)A noisy, blustering, tyrannical person, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome.
(countable, uncountable)A hired thug.
головоре́зgolovoréz
a hired thug
(countable, uncountable)A sex worker's minder.
(uncountable)Bully beef.
(countable, uncountable)The small scrum in the Eton College field game.
(countable, uncountable)Any of various small freshwater or brackishwater fish of the family Eleotridae; sleeper gobies.
(countable, dialectal, uncountable)A companion; mate (male or female).
(countable, uncountable)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.
(countable, uncountable)A miner's hammer.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A brisk, dashing fellow.
a cruel and brutal fellow
(Ireland, Northern England, countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable)An (eldest) brother; a fellow workman; comrade

Examples

459 sentences

Go and beat up that bully.
Іди і побий цього хулігана.
ruИди и наваляй этому хулигану.
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Tom gets bullied all the time.
Тома постійно цькують.
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Tom has been getting bullied at school.
Тома цькують у школі.
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Tom is being bullied by Mary.
Мері цькує Тома.
ruМэри задирает Тома.
deTom wird von Maria schikaniert.
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Tom was bullied by the other boys.
Інші хлопці цькували Тома.
deTom wurde von den anderen Jungen geärgert.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

a person who is intentionally cruel to others:

Русский

By meaning 2

a person who is intentionally cruel to others:

a hired thug:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

a person who is intentionally cruel to others:

Origin

From 1530, as a term of endearment, probably a diminutive ( + -y) of Dutch boel (“lover; b

From 1530, as a term of endearment, probably a diminutive ( + -y) of Dutch boel (“lover; brother”), from Middle Dutch boel, boele (“brother; lover”), from Old Dutch *buolo, from Proto-Germanic *bōlô (compare Middle Low German bôle (“brother”), Middle High German buole (“brother; close relative; close relation”) (whence German Buhle (“lover”)), Old English Bōla, Bōlla (personal name), diminutive of expressive *bō- (“brother, father”). Compare also Latvian bālinš (“brother”). More at boy.

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