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Cully and Bully Definitions

Cully

A fool or dupe.

Bully

A person who is habitually cruel or overbearing, especially to smaller, weaker, less popular, or more vulnerable people.

Cully

To fool; cheat.

Bully

A hired ruffian; a thug.

Cully

(archaic) A person who is easily tricked or imposed on; a dupe, a gullible person.
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Bully

A pimp.

Cully

(slang) A companion.

Bully

(Archaic) A fine person.

Cully

A male client of a prostitute; a john, a gonk.

Bully

(Archaic) A sweetheart.
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Cully

To trick, to impose on, to dupe.

Bully

Canned or pickled beef. Also called bully beef.

Cully

A person easily deceived, tricked, or imposed on; a mean dupe; a gull.
I have learned that . . . I am not the first cully whom she has passed upon for a countess.

Bully

To hurt or intimidate (someone) in the manner of a bully.

Cully

To trick, cheat, or impose on; to deceive.

Bully

To make (one's way) aggressively.

Bully

To behave like a bully.

Bully

To force one's way aggressively or by intimidation
“They bully into line at the gas pump” (Martin Gottfried).

Bully

Excellent; splendid
Did a bully job of persuading the members.

Bully

Used to express approval
Bully for you!.

Bully

A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege.
A playground bully pushed a girl off the swing.
I noticed you being a bully towards people with disabilities.

Bully

A noisy, blustering, tyrannical person, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome.

Bully

A hired thug.

Bully

A sex worker’s minder.

Bully

(uncountable) Bully beef.

Bully

(obsolete) A brisk, dashing fellow.

Bully

The small scrum in the Eton College field game.

Bully

Any of various small freshwater or brackishwater fish of the family Eleotridae; sleeper gobies. The common bully, Gobiomorphus cotidianus

Bully

An (eldest) brother; a fellow workman; comrade

Bully

(dialectal) A companion; mate male or female.

Bully

(obsolete) A darling, sweetheart male or female.

Bully

(field hockey) A standoff between two players from the opposing teams, who repeatedly hit each other's hockey sticks and then attempt to acquire the ball, as a method of resuming the game in certain circumstances.

Bully

(mining) A miner's hammer.

Bully

(transitive) To intimidate (someone) as a bully.
You shouldn't bully people for being weak.

Bully

(transitive) To act aggressively towards.

Bully

Very good.
A bully horse

Bully

Jovial and blustering.

Bully

Well done!
Bully, she's finally asked for that promotion!

Bully

A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous, who threatens, intimidates, or badgers people who are smaller or weaker than he is; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.
Bullies seldom execute the threats they deal in.

Bully

A brisk, dashing fellow.

Bully

Pickled or canned beef.

Bully

Jovial and blustering; dashing.

Bully

Fine; excellent; as, a bully horse.

Bully

To intimidate or badger with threats and by an overbearing, swaggering demeanor; to act the part of a bully{1} 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.

Bully

To act as a bully{1}.

Bully

Well done! Excellent!

Bully

A cruel and brutal fellow

Bully

Be bossy towards;
Her big brother always bullied her when she was young

Bully

Discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

Bully

Very good;
He did a bully job
A neat sports car
Had a great time at the party
You look simply smashing

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