Definition of Bolshy

1. Noun. Emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries.

Exact synonyms: Bolshevik, Bolshie, Marxist, Red
Generic synonyms: Radical
Derivative terms: Bolshevise

2. Adjective. Obstreperous.

Definition of Bolshy

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of bolshie) ¹

2. Adjective. (alternative spelling of bolshie) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bolshy

1. bolshie [n -SHIES] - See also: bolshie

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bolshy

boloney
boloneys
bolos
bolsheviki
bolsheviks
bolshevise
bolshevisms
bolshevize
bolshevized
bolshevizes
bolshevizing
bolshie
bolshier
bolshies
bolshiest
bolshy (current term)
bolson
bolsons
bolster
bolster finger
bolster up
bolstered
bolsterer
bolsterers
bolstering
bolsters
bolt
bolt-action
bolt-actions
bolt-hole

Literary usage of Bolshy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1862)
"That on the peninsula, 8. of the Neva, containing the finest buildings and t!...- widest and best streets, is called the bolshy .; Storona or Great ..."

2. Full Up and Fed Up: The Worker's Mind in Crowded Britain by Whiting Williams (1921)
"His view-point made it easier for me to see how the "bolshy" leader there in the South Wales mine came into his own willingness to "devote twelve years of ..."

3. The foundations by Judith Cruickshank (1920)
"How awfully sweet of you! Miss M. [An elderly female schoolboy] How do you do? There's a spiffing crowd. I believe things are really going bolshy. ..."

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