- bolshie or bolshy
- bol|shie or bol|shy [ `balʃi ] adjective BRITISH INFORMALdeliberately creating problems and not willing to be helpful:a bolshie attitude
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
bolshie or bolshy
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bolshy — bolshie olshie, bolshy olshy . a {communist} or {Bolshevik}, n.. [slang.] [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bolshie — (also bolshy) Brit. informal ► ADJECTIVE ▪ deliberately combative or uncooperative. DERIVATIVES bolshiness noun. ORIGIN from BOLSHEVIK(Cf. ↑Bolshevist) … English terms 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
bolshie — bolshie, bolshy bolshyn. a {communist} or {Bolshevik}, n.. [slang.] [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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
bolshie — n. pl. bolshies [bōl′shē] n., adj. [often B ] [Slang, Chiefly Brit.] BOLSHEVIK (n. 2 3 & adj. ): a humorous or derogatory use: also bolshy n. bolshies … English World dictionary
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
bolshie — bol|shie bolshy [ˈbəulʃi US ˈboul ] adj BrE informal [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: Bolshevik] tending to be angry or annoyed and not to obey people ▪ There s no need to be so bolshie. >bolshiness n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
bolshie — (also bolshy) Brit. informal adjective deliberately combative or uncooperative. noun (Bolshie) dated a Bolshevik or socialist. Derivatives bolshiness noun Origin early 20th cent.: abbrev. of Bolshevik … English new terms dictionary
bolshie — adj. & n. (also Bolshy) sl. adj. (usu. bolshie) 1 uncooperative, rebellious, awkward; bad tempered. 2 left wing, socialist. n. (pl. ies) a Bolshevik. Derivatives: bolshiness n. (in sense 1 of adj.). Etymology: abbr … Useful english dictionary
