Bully vs. Pulpit

Bullynoun

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

Bullynoun

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

Bullynoun

A hired thug.

Bullynoun

A prostitute’s minder; a pimp.

Bullynoun

(uncountable) Bully beef.

Bullynoun

(obsolete) A brisk, dashing fellow.

Bullynoun

The small scrum in the Eton College field game.

Bullynoun

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

Bullynoun

An (eldest) brother; a fellow workman; comrade

Bullynoun

(dialectal) A companion; mate. male or female

Bullynoun

(obsolete) darling, sweetheart. male or female

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.

Bullynoun

(mining) A miner's hammer.

Bullyverb

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

Bullyverb

(transitive) To act aggressively towards.

Bullyadjective

Very good; excellent.

Bullyadjective

(slang) Jovial and blustering.

Bullyinterjection

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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.

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.

Bullyverb

To act as a bully{1}.

Bullyinterjection

Well done! Excellent!

Bullynoun

a cruel and brutal fellow

Bullyverb

be bossy towards;

Bullyverb

discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

Bullyadjective

very good;

Bullynoun

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

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)

Bullyverb

(in field hockey) start play with a bully.

Bullyadjective

very good; excellent

Pulpitnoun

A raised platform in a church, usually enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands when giving the sermon.

Pulpitnoun

Activity performed from a church pulpit, in other words, preaching, sermons, religious teaching, the preaching profession, preachers collectively or an individual preaching position; by extension: bully pulpit.

Pulpitnoun

A raised desk, lectern, or platform for an orator or public speaker.

Pulpitnoun

(nautical) The railing at the bow of a boat, which sometimes extends past the deck. It is sometimes referred to as bow pulpit. The railing at the stern of the boat is sometimes referred to as a stern pulpit; other texts use the perhaps more appropriate term pushpit.

Pulpitnoun

A bow platform for harpooning.

Pulpitnoun

A plane's cockpit.

Pulpitnoun

An elevated place, or inclosed stage, in a church, in which the clergyman stands while preaching.

Pulpitnoun

The whole body of the clergy; preachers as a class; also, preaching.

Pulpitnoun

A desk, or platform, for an orator or public speaker.

Pulpitadjective

Of or pertaining to the pulpit, or preaching; as, a pulpit orator; pulpit eloquence.

Pulpitnoun

a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it

Pulpitnoun

a raised enclosed platform in a church or chapel from which the preacher delivers a sermon

Pulpitnoun

religious teaching as expressed in sermons

Pulpitnoun

a raised platform in the bows of a fishing boat or whaler.

Pulpitnoun

a guard rail enclosing a small area at the bow of a yacht.

Pulpit

A pulpit is a raised stand for preachers in a Christian church. The origin of the word is the Latin pulpitum (platform or staging).