bullying

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bullying - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  bullying \bullying\ adj.
     Noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others.
  
     Syn: blustery.
          [WordNet 1.5]

  Bully \Bul"ly\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bullied (b[.u]l"l[=e]d);
     p. pr. & vb. n. Bullying.]
     To intimidate or badger with threats and by an overbearing,
     swaggering demeanor; to act the part of a bully[1] toward.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To bluster; swagger; hector; domineer.
          [1913 Webster]

bullying - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bullying
      adj 1: noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others [syn:
             blustery, bullying]
      n 1: the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do
           something [syn: bullying, intimidation]