Synonyms:
bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not_bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing
Meaning: very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo
Meaning: a cruel and brutal fellow
Usage examples
This was too much for the bully.
"You damned young bully!" he exclaimed.
"Don't desert me, bully," he whispered hoarsely to it.
Bully place for a nice quiet snooze--empty stage, sir!"
To bully or be bullied were alike contrary to his nature.
"I'm going to beat you!" the bully boasted, "and I haven't a machine like yours, after all.
"And that's why I think there's a lot of bully good fun to be had out of a political campaign.
He remained prostrate in the dust, and Tom, observing him, thought perhaps the bully might have been seriously injured.
The big bully was not a man to give up his purpose, or to have the hat swept from his head with a bullet and bear it meekly.
Kendall shivered visibly--"and Margaret was just delivering herself of a final blow that sent the great bully off blubbering."