bullying

«bullying» in Mova's school dictionary: when someone hurts, frightens or leaves out another… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (bullying — uncountable); verb, -ing form of bully (bully, bullies, bullied, bullying)

meaning for a pupil

1) Bullying is when someone hurts, frightens or leaves out another person on purpose, again and again, often because they think they are stronger. tree →

2) As part of the verb, bullying means treating someone like this now. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school and feelings lessons, bullying can be physical (hitting, pushing), verbal (name-calling, teasing), social (leaving out, spreading rumours) or online (cyberbullying — mean messages or posts). What to do: tell a trusted adult, keep evidence of online bullying, stay with friends; bystanders can help by not joining in and reporting it. Bullying is never the victim's fault. A one-off argument between equals is not bullying.

examples

• Bullying is never okay. tree →
• Tell a teacher if someone is bullying you. tree →
• Our school has a rule against bullying. tree →
• Leaving someone out on purpose can be bullying. tree →
• Cyberbullying happens online. tree →
• He stopped bullying after the teacher spoke to him. tree →
• If you see bullying, don't join in — get help. tree →
• It's not your fault if you are being bullied. tree →

note

Spelled with double l: bully, bullied, bullying. A «bully» is a person who bullies. Key idea: bullying is repeated and on purpose; that is how it differs from a single fight or joke. «Anti-bullying» means against bullying.

In the corpora

• Online cruelty drives real people off social media; memes mocking someone's looks are bullying, even when lots of people share them.
• Making or sharing fake pictures of real people to mock them is bullying and can be against the law.
• Editing someone's photo with AI without permission can be unkind and can be bullying; the edited picture is not the real person.
• "gàozhuàngjīng" means tattletale; telling a grown-up about real danger or bullying is right, whatever anyone calls you.
• Bullying can be physical, with words, by leaving someone out, or online.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bullying» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.