Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bullying"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bully \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bullying
adj : noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others [syn: {blustery}]
n : the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do
something [syn: {intimidation}]
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