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.
A brisk, dashing fellow. [Slang Obs.] Shak.
Jovial and blustering; dashing. [Slang] "Bless thee, bully doctor." Shak.
Fine; excellent; as, a bully horse. [Slang, U.S.]
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.
To act as a bully.
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