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bully ['bʊlɪ]1 noun∎ don't be such a bully! ne sois pas si tyrannique!;∎ American it was an opportunity for the President to use his office as a bully pulpit ce fut l'occasion pour le président des États-Unis de profiter de sa position pour imposer ses vues(intimidate → spouse, employee) brimer, persécuter; (maltreat) brutaliser;∎ she bullies her little sister elle est tyrannique avec sa petite sœur;∎ they bullied me into going ils m'ont forcé à y aller;∎ he gets bullied by the other children at school il se fait persécuter par les autres enfants à l'école►► British familiar old-fashioned bully beef singe m (corned-beef)Sport (in hockey) engager le jeu, mettre la balle en jeu -
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bully [ˈbʊlɪ]1. noun2. exclamation4. compounds* * *['bʊlɪ] 1.2) (colloq & dated) (also bully beef) singe (sl) m2.(colloq) exclamation3.transitive verb [person, child] maltraiter; [country] intimider -
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A nB ○ † adj épatant.D vtr [person, child] maltraiter ; [country] intimider ; to bully sb into doing sth forcer qn à faire qch ; I won't be bullied! je ne me laisserai pas intimider!E vi jouer les tyrans.
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Bully beef — Bully Bul ly (b[.u]l l[y^]), n., Bully beef Bul ly beef (b[.u]l l[y^] b[=e]f ). [F. bouilli boiled meat, fr. bouillir to boil. See {Boil}, v. The word bouilli was formerly commonly used on the labels of canned beef.] Pickled or canned beef.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bully beef — noun beef cured or pickled in brine • Syn: ↑corned beef, ↑corn beef • Hypernyms: ↑beef, ↑boeuf * * * noun see bully VI * * * canned or pickled beef. [1865 70] * * * … Useful english dictionary
Bully Beef and Chips — were fictional characters who had their own strip in the UK comic The Dandy. It started in the 1960s and continued until 1997 . The strip told the story of two warring boys a tall, ugly thug called Bully Beef and a softer, more cunning lad called … Wikipedia
bully beef — /ˈbʊli bif/ (say boolee beef) noun Colloquial tinned meat, especially corned beef. {see bully2} …
bully beef — canned or pickled beef. [1865 70] * * * … Universalium
bully beef — noun pickled or canned beef … Wiktionary
bully beef — canned or pickled beef … English contemporary dictionary
bully beef — noun (U) BrE corned beef … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bully beef — Tinned meat … A concise dictionary of English slang
bully — bully1 [bool′ē] n. pl. bullies [orig., sweetheart < Du boel, lover, brother < MHG buole (Ger buhle), lover, prob. orig. dim. of bruder,BROTHER; later infl. by BULL1] 1. a person who hurts, frightens, or tyrannizes over those who are smaller … English World dictionary
Bully — Bul ly (b[.u]l l[y^]), n., Bully beef Bul ly beef (b[.u]l l[y^] b[=e]f ). [F. bouilli boiled meat, fr. bouillir to boil. See {Boil}, v. The word bouilli was formerly commonly used on the labels of canned beef.] Pickled or canned beef. [Webster… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English