- bolshiness
- bolshie (also bolshy) Brit. informal ► ADJECTIVE ▪ deliberately combative or uncooperative.DERIVATIVES bolshiness noun.
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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 — 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 — 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
bolshie — (also bolshy) Brit. informal ► ADJECTIVE ▪ deliberately combative or uncooperative. DERIVATIVES bolshiness noun. ORIGIN from BOLSHEVIK(Cf. ↑Bolshevist) … English 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
