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bully

/ˈbʊli/ nom B1

En français : brimeur, brute, tyran

  1. 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. (countable, uncountable) · A playground bully pushed a girl off the swing.· I noticed you being a bully towards people with disabilities.
  2. A noisy, blustering, tyrannical person, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome. (countable, uncountable)
  3. A hired thug. (countable, uncountable)
  4. A sex worker's minder. (countable, uncountable)
  5. Bully beef. (uncountable)
  6. The small scrum in the Eton College field game. (countable, uncountable)
  7. Any of various small freshwater or brackishwater fish of the family Eleotridae; sleeper gobies. (countable, uncountable)
  8. 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)

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I know whom I may bully and whom I must flatter; and I thus prolong my life to a good old age.”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 94 · B2
The old man was sometimes a bully, and young Godfrey had too much spirit to stand it.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 4 · B2
I have all this against you; but, above all, I have a clear case against both you and your fighting bully in the case of the Crown diamond.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 39 · B2
“Bully; it has given me everything I asked it for.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 24 · C1

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