bolshie
/ˈboʊlʃi/
adjective
- Deliberately difficult or uncooperative; argumentative or rebellious in a petty way.
- The toddler was feeling bolshie and refused to put on his shoes.
- She was in a bolshie mood and argued about everything.
- My boss gets bolshie whenever someone questions his decisions.
- Relating to or characteristic of the Bolsheviks (historical/political sense).
- The newspaper accused the union of having bolshie tendencies.
- The old man still held bolshie views from his youth.
- They sang bolshie songs at the political rally.
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noun
- A person who is deliberately difficult or argumentative.
- My brother is a total bolshie when it comes to chores.
- Don't be such a bolshie — just help me carry this box.
- The teacher called him a little bolshie for talking back.
- A Bolshevik (historical/political sense).
- His grandfather was a bolshie who fought in the revolution.
- The book tells the story of a young bolshie in 1917.
- They were known as bolshies because of their radical politics.