bossy

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
10
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈbɔsi/
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/ˈbɔsi/ · /ˈbɑsi/ · /ˈbɒsi/ · /ˈbɒsɪ/

Definition of bossy

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering.
    “Over in the wardrobe department a bossy woman in ill-fitting dungarees tried to talk her into wearing a short red low-cut dress for the test.”
    “Cuphead is a difficult gauntlet through a ton of bosses, from evil clowns to bossy queen bees.”
    “Where American Jewish men contend with stereotypes of being oversexed, needy, nebbishy and neurotic (like Woody Allen, boo hiss), Jewish women are cast as withholding, bossy, exotic, and materialistic (like Fran Drescher, which honestly? Goals).”
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adj

  1. Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering.
    “Over in the wardrobe department a bossy woman in ill-fitting dungarees tried to talk her into wearing a short red low-cut dress for the test.”
    “Cuphead is a difficult gauntlet through a ton of bosses, from evil clowns to bossy queen bees.”
    “Where American Jewish men contend with stereotypes of being oversexed, needy, nebbishy and neurotic (like Woody Allen, boo hiss), Jewish women are cast as withholding, bossy, exotic, and materialistic (like Fran Drescher, which honestly? Goals).”
  2. Ornamented with bosses; studded.

noun

  1. (US, dated, informal)A cow or calf.
    “A week before, while riding the prairies, Raidler had come upon a sick and weakling calf deserted and bawling. Without dismounting he had reached and slung the distressed bossy across his saddle, and dropped it at the ranch for the boys to attend to.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From boss + -y.

Anagrams of bossy

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