1. An emotionally charged term used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
   "The conservative politician dismissed his opponent as a bolshie";
   - Bolshevik, Marxist, bolshy [Brit, informal]

1. Obstreperous
   "However you are perfectly entitled to get bolshie if you can't have what you want";
   - bolshy [Brit, informal], stroppy [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: bolshiest

See also: obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate

Type of: rad [informal], radical

Encyclopedia: Bolshie