bullyboy
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈbʊliˌbɔɪ/
- Offensive
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- After the protest, a bullyboy confronted me, demanding to know why I was there.
Examples
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Power based upon the narrative—the bullyboy pulpit of the media—is going to vanish in the face of any crisis that discredits it.
Blog text (1) -
The politician relied on his bullyboy to intimidate dissenters and silence critics.
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I am sure you were at your bullyboy best waging war against the very people you are supposed to protect.
Blog text (21) -
One of the mayor's bullyboys?
Fiction book (2001) -
"That... that bullyboy.
Fiction book (1991) -
Do you hate them because they're wimps or because they're bullyboys?
Fiction book (2001) -
- # oh I got into a fistfight # # on my first day of school # # oh I came home with a fat lip # # and a blackened eye to boot # # oh it seems the local bullyboy # # oh he didn't like me much # # when he knocked me down I got right up # # oh what else could I do # # oh I came home to my old man, told me what I had to do # # 'cause tomorrow that same bullyboy # # be waitin' there for you # # oh there's good and there's bad # # in this world that we live in # #
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- # oh I got into a fistfight # # on my first day of school # # oh I came home with a fat lip # # and a blackened eye to boot # # oh it seems the local bullyboy # # oh he didn't like me much # # when he knocked me down I got right up # # oh what else could I do # # oh I came home to my old man, told me what I had to do # # 'cause tomorrow that same bullyboy # # be waitin' there for you # # oh there's good and there's bad # # in this world that we live in # #
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Blah blah perverted blah blah blinded blah blah bullyboy
Blog text (18) -
The group used bullyboys to enforce their agenda, creating an atmosphere of fear among the locals.
Synonyms
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3.2
A person who scares or hurts people who are weaker
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7.4
A person who uses force or threats to support a cause
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4.2
A man who acts strong to scare people
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6.3
A person who repeatedly bothers, threatens, or scares others
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8.8
A person who speaks angrily and likes to start political arguments
A person who uses violence or threats to frighten others
A young person who uses threats or physical force to steal from people
A young person who is violent and often breaks the law
Antonyms
How Intimidating
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bullyboy is simply bully + boy, and bully means 'someone who frightens or hurts others' and even once meant 'a fine fellow', which gives a memorable twist. So, a bullyboy is a man who uses threats or force, often sent to frighten people for a political group.