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breast-beating

breast-beating noun: synonym of chest-beating.

Noun

breast-beating (countable and uncountable, plural breast-beatings)

  1. Synonym of chest-beating.
    • All the breast-beating and finger-pointing by those who don't like the ad, shocks me.1979 April 14, David M. Stryker, “A Contribution”, in Gay Community News, page 4
    Synonyms:
    chest-beating
  2. The act of displaying remorse by or as if by striking one's breast.

Synonyms of breast-beating

Forms of breast-beating

pluralbreast-beatings

Questions about breast-beating

What does breast-beating mean?
Breast-beating means synonym of chest-beating.
What part of speech is breast-beating?
Breast-beating is a noun.
What is the plural of breast-beating?
The plural of breast-beating is breast-beatings.

Words near breast-beating in the dictionary

  1. breast straps
  2. breast the tape
  3. breast up
  4. breast wall
  5. breast walls
  6. breast-beating
  7. breast-beatings
  8. breast-fed
  9. breast-feed
  10. breast-feeding
  11. breast-feeds

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