Bul"ly (&?;), n.; pl.
Bullies (&?;). [Cf. LG. bullerjaan,
bullerbäk, bullerbrook, a blusterer, D. bulderaar
a bluster, bulderen to bluster; prob. of imitative origin; or cf.
MHG. buole lover, G. buhle.] 1. A noisy,
blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening
and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.
Bullies seldom execute the threats they deal in.
Palmerston.
2. A brisk, dashing fellow. [Slang Obs.]
Shak.
Bul"ly (&?;), a. 1.
Jovial and blustering; dashing. [Slang] "Bless thee,
bully doctor." Shak.
2. Fine; excellent; as, a bully horse.
[Slang, U.S.]
Bul"ly, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Bullied (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bullying.]
To intimidate with threats and by an overbearing, swaggering demeanor;
to act the part of a bully toward.
For the last fortnight there have been prodigious shoals of
volunteers gone over to bully the French, upon hearing the peace was
just signing.
Tatler.
Syn. -- To bluster; swagger; hector; domineer.
Bul"ly, v. i. To act as a
bully.
{ Bul"ly (?), n., Bul"ly beef`
(?) }. [F. bouilli boiled meat, fr. bouillir to boil.
See Boil, v. The word bouilli was
formerly commonly used on the labels of canned beef.] Pickled or
canned beef.
{ Bul"ly (?), n., Bul"ly beef`
(?) }. [F. bouilli boiled meat, fr. bouillir to boil.
See Boil, v. The word bouilli was
formerly commonly used on the labels of canned beef.] Pickled or
canned beef.
