A bully by the horns. (National).Everyone is ganging up on bullies. The National Institutes of Health reported in the first-ever large-scale national study that about one-quarter of all students in grades 6 through 10 had bullied bul·ly 1 n. pl. bul·lies 1. A person who is habitually cruel or overbearing, especially to smaller or weaker people. 2. A hired ruffian; a thug. 3. A pimp. 4. someone else, had been bullied themselves, or both. Students cited threats, ridicule, name-calling, slapping, punching, jeering, and sneering sneer n. 1. A scornful facial expression characterized by a slight raising of one corner of the upper lip. 2. A contemptuous facial expression, sound, or statement. v. . Concerned that such rampant bullying Bullying Chowne, Parson Stoyle terrorizes parish; kidnaps children. [Br. Lit.: The Maid of Sker, Walsh Modern, 94–95] Claypole, Noah bully; becomes thief in Fagin’s gang. [Br. Lit. leads to retaliatory re·tal·i·ate v. re·tal·i·at·ed, re·tal·i·at·ing, re·tal·i·ates v.intr. To return like for like, especially evil for evil. v.tr. To pay back (an injury) in kind. school violence, some states have recently passed laws requiring schools to develop antibullying programs. But are bullies really to blame? Maybe not. Some experts say that bullying isn't as frequent as in decades past and that solving school violence will take much more than telling bullies to cut it out. |
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