# bullies

Pronunciation: say "BUU-leez" /ˈbʊliz/

## Noun

1. Plural of bully. — plural of bully
   - Simple: Plural of bully. Use it when there is more than one bully.
   - _The school brought in counselors to work with both the bullies and the kids they targeted._
   - _The landlord sent a pair of hired bullies to frighten the tenants into leaving._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of bully. — third-person singular simple present indicative of bully
   - Simple: Present form of bully used with he, she, it, or one person or thing.
   - _The larger company bullies its smaller suppliers into accepting late payments._
   - _Whenever he loses an argument, the manager bullies whoever happens to be closest._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/bullies (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).