transitive. To influence, force, or constrain by blustering or hectoring language; to bring into or out of a state by blustering talk.

transitive. To talk big at; to bully. In modern colloquial use, To ‘blow up’, scold roundly.

transitive. To intimidate by bluster or threats; to domineer over; to bully; to bring or force out of or into something by threats or insolence.

transitive. To hector, bully; to scold, chide, storm at. (Cf. modern colloquial ‘to blow up’.)

To drive to, into, off, do out of, etc. by huffing or hectoring.

transitive. To behave in an overbearing, intimidating, or aggressive manner towards (someone); (now usually) to seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce…

transitive. To overawe, intimidate. Also: to scold, harass, badger.

transitive and intransitive = bully, v.1 Obsolete exc. dialect.

transitive. Caribbean. To take advantage of or exploit (a person); to bully.