breast-beating

[ brest-bee-ting ]

/ ˈbrɛstˌbi tɪŋ /

noun

a loud and demonstrative display of grief, remorse, or the like: The authorities indulged in a great deal of breast-beating about traffic accidents but failed to pass new driving laws.

adjective

characterized by or involving breast-beating.

Origin of breast-beating

First recorded in 1950–55

OTHER WORDS FROM breast-beating

breast-beater, noun

Words nearby breast-beating

break wind, break with, bream, breast, breast beam, breast-beating, breastbone, breast drill, breasted, breast-feed, breasting

Example sentences from the Web for breast-beating

The fact that Jewish youths behaved like this should scare even our breast-beating nationalist leaders into some soul searching.
Violence and Discourse: A Response to Yousef Munayer|Don Futterman|August 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Breast-beating is as solitary as any other form of masturbation.
The Trial of Callista Blake|Edgar Pangborn
Red-Eye abruptly ceased his breast-beating and tooth-grinding, and ran across the timber-jam to the shore.
Before Adam|Jack London

单词	breast-beating
释义	breast-beating [ brest-bee-ting ] / ˈbrɛstˌbi tɪŋ / noun a loud and demonstrative display of grief, remorse, or the like: The authorities indulged in a great deal of breast-beating about traffic accidents but failed to pass new driving laws. adjective characterized by or involving breast-beating. Origin of breast-beating First recorded in 1950–55 OTHER WORDS FROM breast-beating breast-beater, noun Words nearby breast-beating break wind, break with, bream, breast, breast beam, breast-beating, breastbone, breast drill, breasted, breast-feed, breasting Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for breast-beating The fact that Jewish youths behaved like this should scare even our breast-beating nationalist leaders into some soul searching. Violence and Discourse: A Response to Yousef Munayer\|Don Futterman\|August 30, 2012\|DAILY BEAST Breast-beating is as solitary as any other form of masturbation. The Trial of Callista Blake\|Edgar Pangborn Red-Eye abruptly ceased his breast-beating and tooth-grinding, and ran across the timber-jam to the shore. Before Adam\|Jack London
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