- bolshy
- bolshy olshy adj.
obstreperous. [British slang.]
Syn: stroppy. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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bolshy — adj. (colloq.) (BE) rebellious bolshy about * * * (colloq.) (BE) [ rebellious ] bolshy about … Combinatory dictionary
bolshy — bolshie olshie, bolshy olshy . a {communist} or {Bolshevik}, n.. [slang.] [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bolshy — [[t]bɒ̱lʃi[/t]] also bolshie ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you say that someone is bolshy, you mean that they easily get angry and often do not do what other people want them to do. [BRIT, INFORMAL] I had to get very bolshie before my brother was… … English dictionary
bolshy — bolshie UK [ˈbɒlʃɪ] / US [ˈbɑlʃɪ] or bolshy UK / US adjective Word forms bolshie : adjective bolshie comparative bolshier superlative bolshiest British informal deliberately creating problems and not willing to be helpful a bolshie attitude … English dictionary
bolshy — noun or adjective see bolshie … New Collegiate Dictionary
Bolshy — /bohl shee, bol /, n., pl. Bolshies. Slang. 1. Bolshevik. 2. Bolshevist. [1915 20; see BOLSHIE, Y2] * * * … Universalium
Bolshy — n. Bolshevik; Bolshevist … English contemporary dictionary
bolshy — adj. (British Slang) obstreperous … English contemporary dictionary
bolshy — adjective BrE informal tending to be angry or annoyed and not to obey people: Jack was in one of his bolshie moods again! bolshiness noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bolshy — Stubbornly uncooperative … A concise dictionary of English slang
