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    bossy
    /ˈbɒsi/

    adjective

    • 1. fond of giving people orders; domineering: informal "don't be so bossy!"

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  2. BOSSY definition: 1. A bossy person is always telling people what to do: 2. having a raised pattern on the surface…. Learn more.

  3. 1. : marked by a swelling or roundness. 2. : marked by bosses : studded. bossy. 3 of 3. noun. ˈbȯ-sē ˈbä- plural bossies. : cow, calf. Synonyms. Adjective (1) authoritarian. authoritative. autocratical. despotic. dictatorial. domineering. imperious.

  4. Someone who's bossy has a tendency to order other people around. Your bossy friend might tell you what clothes you should wear on your date as well as which restaurant you ought to eat at. Bossy people enjoy telling you what to do.

  5. Definition of 'bossy' bossy. (bɒsi ) Word forms: bossier, bossiest. adjective B2. If you describe someone as bossy, you mean that they enjoy telling people what to do. [disapproval] She remembers being a rather bossy little girl. Synonyms: domineering, lordly, arrogant, authoritarian More Synonyms of bossy. bossiness uncountable noun.

  6. Definition of bossy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  7. adjective. disapproving us / ˈbɑː.si / uk / ˈbɒs.i / bossy adjective (PERSON) Add to word list. B2. A bossy person is always telling people what to do: Henry, who is extremely bossy, wants to be in charge. She's strong without being bossy. Fewer examples.

  8. The earliest known use of the adjective bossy is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for bossy is from 1543, in a translation by Bartholomew Traheron, protestant writer and reformer. bossy is formed within English, by derivation.

  9. A complete guide to the word "BOSSY": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.

  10. BOSSY meaning: tending too often to tell people what to do often giving orders in a way that people do not like.

  11. BOSSY definition: always telling other people what to do.