1. A person who deliberately intimidates or is cruel to weaker people
   "The school implemented new policies to deal with bullies"
    
2. An uncultured, aggressive, rude, noisy troublemaker
   "The bullies caused chaos at the football match";
   - tough [informal], hooligan, ruffian, roughneck [informal], rowdy, yob [Brit, informal], yobo [Brit, informal], yobbo [Brit, informal], scally [UK, informal], ned [UK, informal]
    
3. A hired thug
   "The gangster sent his bully to intimidate the shopkeeper"
    
4. Beef cured or pickled in brine
   "They packed cans of bully beef for their camping trip";
   - bully beef, corned beef, corn beef

1. Discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
   "The older students bullied the newcomers";
   - browbeat, swagger
    
2. Repeatedly tell (someone) what to do in an overbearing, domineering, or intimidating way
   "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young";
   - strong-arm, browbeat, bullyrag [N. Amer, informal], ballyrag [N. Amer, informal], boss around [informal], hector, push around [informal], boss, push about [informal]

1. Excellent
   "he did a bully job";
   - bang-up [N. Amer, informal], corking [Brit, informal], cracking [Brit, informal], dandy [informal], great, groovy [informal], keen, neat, nifty [informal], not bad [informal], peachy, slap-up [informal], swell [informal], smashing [Brit, informal], old, not half bad [informal], grouse [Austral, NZ, informal], ripper [Austral, informal], lovely

Derived forms: bullies, bullied, bullying

See also: good

Type of: aggressor, assailant, assailer, assaulter, attacker, beef, blarney, boeuf, cajole, coax, goon [informal], hood [slang], hoodlum, intimidate, inveigle, palaver [informal, rare], punk [N. Amer, informal], strong-armer, sweet-talk [informal], thug, tough [informal], toughie [informal], wheedle

Encyclopedia: Bully, Rhone