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A coward with an audience, mistaking fear for respect.
means Someone who repeatedly uses strength, status, or cruelty to intimidate those who can't easily fight back.
from In the 1500s it meant sweetheart, from the Dutch boel, lover — it spent centuries souring from darling to brute, with a detour through fine fellow.
Bully for youOnce sincere praise, now pure sarcasm.
Bully beefSame word, but from French bouilli, boiled.
Bull connectionNone directly — the resemblance is coincidence, not bovine.