Dictionary Entry
bully
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/BUL-ee/Word FrequencyNot availableCurriculum FrequencyEmerging (0)A person who hurts or scares others to feel powerful; to push people around with threats or force.
In a Sentence
“The new student stood up to the bully and told a teacher what was happening.”
Origin
Mid-16th-century Dutch boele ‘lover, sweetheart’; later ‘swaggerer’.
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