Push around like a bovine male? (5)

I believe the answer is:

bully

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'push around' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'bovine male?' is the wordplay.
'bovine' becomes 'bull' (bulls are bovine animals).
'male?' becomes 'y' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'bull'+'y'='BULLY'

'like a' is the link.

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(Other definitions for bully that I've seen before include "Tinned beef" , "Browbeater" , "Browbeat" , "Very good" , "Well done" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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