Bullying comes in different types from physical (direct) bullying, verbal bullying and emotional (indirect) bullying.

Physical Bullying
This type of bullying involves such actions as shoving and poking, happy slapping, choking, punching and kicking, beating, stabbing, pulling hair, scratching, biting, pinching, taking or deliberately damaging people's things.

Verbal Bullying
Verbal bullying can take the form of name calling, making insulting or offensive remarks and making verbal threats.

Emotional Bullying
Bullying using emotional tactics is characterised by the spreading of malicious rumours, gossip, lies or nasty stories, laughing at the victim or saying certain words that trigger a reaction from a past event.  Other forms include the silent treatment, leaving people out of social groups, bullying those who want to socialise with the victim, and sending nasty text messages or emails, which is commonly known as cyber bullying.