资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bully \Bul"ly\, n.; pl. {Bullies}. [Cf. LG. bullerjaan,
   bullerb["a]k, bullerbrook, a blusterer, D. bulderaar a
   bluster, bulderen to bluster; prob. of imitative origin; or
   cf. MHG. buole lover, G. buhle.]
   1. A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous;
      one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent,
      tyrannical fellow.

            Bullies seldom execute the threats they deal in.
                                                  --Palmerston.

   2. A brisk, dashing fellow. [Slang Obs.] --Shak.