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browbeats

browbeats is the third-person singular simple present indicative of browbeat.

Meaning of browbeat

Verb

browbeat (third-person singular simple present browbeats, present participle browbeating, simple past browbeat, past participle browbeaten)

  1. (transitive) To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.
    • Though the teacher browbeat all the children, they still acted out during the lesson.

Questions about browbeats

What is browbeats the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Browbeats is the third-person singular simple present indicative of browbeat.

Words near browbeats in the dictionary

  1. browbeaten
  2. browbeater
  3. browbeaters
  4. browbeating
  5. browbeatings
  6. browbeats
  7. browbone
  8. browbones
  9. browbound
  10. Browder
  11. Browders

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Adapted from Wiktionary: browbeats (page history and authors); browbeat (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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