Word Direct Answers

What does "bully" mean?

Bully: A brisk, dashing fellow. [Slang Obs.] Shak.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Jovial and blustering; dashing. [Slang] "Bless thee, bully doctor." Shak.
  2. 3.Fine; excellent; as, a bully horse. [Slang, U.S.]
  3. 4.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.
  4. 5.To act as a bully.
  5. 6.Pickled or canned beef.

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