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chest-beating

chest-beating noun: boastful belligerence.

Noun

chest-beating (uncountable)

  1. Boastful belligerence.
    • It is very rare to find good, personal analysis of events that does not degenerate into chest-beating, pettiness, pomposity, or political doggeral ^([sic]).1977 December 17, Andrew R. Weiss, “Kudos For Cagan”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 24, page 4
    Synonyms:
    chest-thumping

Adjective

chest-beating (not comparable)

  1. Boastfully belligerent.

Synonyms of chest-beating

Questions about chest-beating

What does chest-beating mean?
Chest-beating means boastful belligerence.
What part of speech is chest-beating?
Chest-beating can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near chest-beating in the dictionary

  1. chest tubes
  2. chest up
  3. chest voice
  4. chest wall
  5. chest walls
  6. chest-beating
  7. chest-bump
  8. chest-bumped
  9. chest-bumping
  10. chest-bumps
  11. chest-high

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