transcription, транскрипция: [ bʊli ]
( bullies, bullying, bullied)
1.
A bully is someone who uses their strength or power to hurt or frighten other people.
I fell victim to the office bully...
N-COUNT
2.
If someone bullies you, they use their strength or power to hurt or frighten you.
I wasn’t going to let him bully me...
VERB : V n
• bul‧ly‧ing
...schoolchildren who were victims of bullying.
N-UNCOUNT
3.
If someone bullies you into something, they make you do it by using force or threats.
We think an attempt to bully them into submission would be counterproductive...
She used to bully me into doing my schoolwork...
The government says it will not be bullied by the press.
VERB : V n into n / -ing , V n into n / -ing , be V-ed , also V n