bullying

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
19
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈbʊ.li.ɪŋ/

Definition of bullying

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)An act of intimidating a person to do something, especially such repeated coercion.
    “[Greenland's current Prime Minister Múte] Egede has insisted that Greenland is not for sale and he framed the polling partly as a referendum on Trump's seemingly bellicose bullying, saying the election was a "fateful choice."”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)An act of intimidating a person to do something, especially such repeated coercion.
    “[Greenland's current Prime Minister Múte] Egede has insisted that Greenland is not for sale and he framed the polling partly as a referendum on Trump's seemingly bellicose bullying, saying the election was a "fateful choice."”
  2. (countable, uncountable)Persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant for another person.
    “Bullying is a punishable offense in schools.”

verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of bully

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Etymology

From bully + -ing.

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