breast-beating

English

Noun

breast-beating (plural breast-beatings)

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