"bølle" meaning in Norwegian Bokmål

See bølle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: bølla [definite, singular], bøllen [definite, singular], bøller [indefinite, plural], bøllene [definite, plural]
Etymology: From the Danish name Bøllemose, a place where a band of misbehaving boys from Copenhagen would hang out. Term coined in 1885. Unrelated to English bully. Etymology templates: {{der|nb|da|-}} Danish Head templates: {{nb-noun-c}} bølle f or m (definite singular bølla or bøllen, indefinite plural bøller, definite plural bøllene)
  1. brute; a brutish person Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-bølle-nb-noun-bCkhda56
  2. rascal; a trickster, troublemaker. Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-bølle-nb-noun-A9oruy18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bilbølle, bøll, bøllefrø, bøllete
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0

Verb

Forms: bøller [present], bølla [past], bøllet [past], bølla [participle, past], bøllet [participle, past]
Etymology: From the Danish name Bøllemose, a place where a band of misbehaving boys from Copenhagen would hang out. Term coined in 1885. Unrelated to English bully. Etymology templates: {{der|nb|da|-}} Danish Head templates: {{nb-verb-1|bøll}} bølle (present tense bøller, past tense bølla or bøllet, past participle bølla or bøllet)
  1. Act like a brute
    Sense id: en-bølle-nb-verb-AMOLAiYt Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 13 8 7 41 29
  2. benignly harassing
    Sense id: en-bølle-nb-verb-DMi8O~Xt Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 21 6 5 30 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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