Boast vs. Bully

Boastnoun

A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself.

Bullynoun

A person who is physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those who are weaker or have less power.

‘A playground bully pushed a girl off the swing.’; ‘I noticed you being a bully towards people with disabilities.’;

Boastnoun

Something that one brags about.

‘It was his regular boast that he could eat two full English breakfasts in one sitting.’;

Bullynoun

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

Boastnoun

(squash) A shot where the ball is driven off a side wall and then strikes the front wall.

Bullynoun

A hired thug.

Boastverb

(intransitive) To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.

Bullynoun

A prostitute’s minder; a pimp.

Boastverb

(transitive) To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.

Bullynoun

(uncountable) Bully beef.

Boastverb

(obsolete) To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.

Bullynoun

(obsolete) A brisk, dashing fellow.

Boastverb

(squash) To play a boast shot.

Bullynoun

The small scrum in the Eton College field game.

Boastverb

(ergative) To possess something special.

‘The hotel boasts one of the best views of the sea.’; ‘His family boasted a famous name.’;

Bullynoun

Various small freshwater or brackishwater fish of the family Eleotridae; sleeper goby. The common bully, Gobiomorphus cotidianus

Boastverb

To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self or of things belonging to one's self; as, to boast of one's exploits courage, descent, wealth.

‘By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: . . not of works, lest any man should boast.’;

Bullynoun

An (eldest) brother; a fellow workman; comrade

Boastverb

To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.

‘In God we boast all the day long.’;

Bullynoun

(dialectal) A companion; mate. male or female

Boastverb

To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.

‘Lest bad men should boastTheir specious deeds.’;

Bullynoun

(obsolete) darling, sweetheart. male or female

Boastverb

To display vaingloriously.

Bullynoun

(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.

Boastverb

To possess or have; as, to boast a name.

‘Boast not thyself of to-morrow.’;

Bullynoun

(mining) A miner's hammer.

Boastverb

To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.

Bullyverb

(transitive) To intimidate (someone) as a bully.

‘You shouldn't bully people for being gay.’;

Boastverb

To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.

Bullyverb

(transitive) To act aggressively towards.

Boastnoun

Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging.

‘Reason and morals? and where live they most,In Christian comfort, or in Stoic boast!’;

Bullyadjective

Very good; excellent.

‘a bully horse’;

Boastnoun

The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, - sometimes of laudable pride or exultation.

‘The boast of historians.’;

Bullyadjective

(slang) Jovial and blustering.

Boastnoun

speaking of yourself in superlatives

Bullyinterjection

}} Well done!

‘She's finally asked for that promotion—bully for her!’;

Boastverb

show off

Bullynoun

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.’;

Boastverb

wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner;

‘she was sporting a new hat’;

Bullynoun

A brisk, dashing fellow.

Bullynoun

Pickled or canned beef.

Bullyadjective

Jovial and blustering; dashing.

Bullyadjective

Fine; excellent; as, a bully horse.

Bullyverb

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.’;

Bullyverb

To act as a bully{1}.

Bullyinterjection

Well done! Excellent!

Bullynoun

a cruel and brutal fellow

Bullyverb

be bossy towards;

‘Her big brother always bullied her when she was young’;

Bullyverb

discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

Bullyadjective

very good;

‘he did a bully job’; ‘a neat sports car’; ‘had a great time at the party’; ‘you look simply smashing’;

Bullynoun

a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable

‘he is a ranting, domineering bully’;

Bullynoun

corned beef.

Bullynoun

an act of starting play in field hockey, in which two opponents strike each other's sticks three times and then go for the ball.

Bullyverb

seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable)

‘a local man was bullied into helping them’; ‘her 11- year-old son has been constantly bullied at school’;

Bullyverb

(in field hockey) start play with a bully.

Bullyadjective

very good; excellent

‘the statue really looked bully’;