bossy

bossy
tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering

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  • Bossy — «Bossy» …   Википедия

  • Bossy — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Bossy Bossy por Lindsay Lohan del Tercer álbum de estudio Lanzado 2008 Formato Descarga Digital Grabación 2008 …   Wikipedia Español

  • Bossy — may refer to:* Bossy (Kelis song) * Bossy (Lindsay Lohan song) …   Wikipedia

  • Bossy — Boss y, a. Ornamented with bosses; studded. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bossy — Bos sy, n. [Dim. fr. Prov. E. boss in boss calf, buss calf, for boose calf, prop., a calf kept in the stall. See 1st {Boose}.] A cow or calf; familiarly so called. [U. S.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bossy — 1540s, swelling, projecting and rounded, decorated with bosses from BOSS (Cf. boss) (2). Meaning domineering, fond of ordering people about is recorded 1882, from BOSS (Cf. boss) (1). As a common cow name it represents L. bos cow …   Etymology dictionary

  • bossy — [adj] domineering authoritarian, commanding, controlling, despotic, dictatorial, high handed, imperious, iron handed, oppressive, overbearing, overpowering, pushy, strict, tyrannical; concepts 401,404 …   New thesaurus

  • bossy — ► ADJECTIVE (bossier, bossiest) informal ▪ fond of giving orders; domineering. DERIVATIVES bossily adverb bossiness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • bossy — ☆ bossy1 [bôs′ē ] adj. bossier, bossiest [ BOSS1 + Y3] Informal acting like a boss, as by ordering people about; domineering bossiness n. bossy2 [bôs′ē, bäs′ē] adj. [ BOSS2 …   English World dictionary

  • Bossy — Der Name Bossy bezeichnet: eine Ortschaft im Kanton Genf, Schweiz, zur Gemeinde Collex Bossy gehörend; siehe Bossy GE einen kanadischen Eishockeyspieler, siehe Mike Bossy in der amerikanischen Jugendsprache ein dominantes Mädchen oder eine… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • bossy — UK [ˈbɒsɪ] / US [ˈbɔsɪ] / US [ˈbɑsɪ] adjective Word forms bossy : adjective bossy comparative bossier superlative bossiest someone who is bossy keeps telling other people what to do, in a way that annoys them Don t be so bossy! Derived words:… …   English dictionary

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