bully

any of various small freshwater fishes of the genera Gobiomorphus and Philynodon of New Zealand

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cyberbully

A person who uses the Internet and social media to harass or intimidate someone. Tweets and texts are a common cyberbullying venue, and email messages with phony from: addresses are a way to reach people without identifying the sender. An "anonymous blog" keeps the writer's identity a secret but allows the blogger to make harmful comments. See Internet troll, fake news, email spoofing and rage.

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Simpson (right) said: "You need to be a bully on the pitch and if you are going to be a leader, a bit of a bully off the pitch too.

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I couldn't stand her and it was mutual - when she was showing me how to bully off she had a murderous gleam in her eye and I got the distinct feeling there was nothing she would have liked more than to knock me into the ground like a 6in nail.

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