B2adjective · rare

bully

bully · bullier · bulliest

великий

великий, большой

der Große, groß

Very goodVery good.

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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

2 senses

(US, dated, slang)Very good.
a bully horse
(obsolete, slang)Jovial and blustering.

More definitions

excellent

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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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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