breast-beating
noun
breast-beat·ing ˈbres(t)-ˌbē-tiŋ 
: noisy demonstrative protestation (as of grief, anger, or self-recrimination)
Word History
First Known Use
1834, in the meaning defined above
- knight's fee
- knight's service
- knight's tour
- knight's-spur
- knight's-spurs
- knight's-star
- knight's-star lilies
- knight's-star lily
- knight's-stars
- knight-companion
- knight-companions
- knight-errant
- knight-errantries
- knight-errantry
- knightage
- knightages
- knighted
- knightess
- knightfully
- knighthead
- knightheads
- knighthood
- knighthood-errant
- knighthoods
- Knightia