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-beat·er, nounWords nearby breast-beating
breast line,
breast pump,
breast timber,
breast wall,
breast wheel,
breast-beating,
breast-feed,
breastbone,
breasted,
breasting,
breastpin
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.
Breast-beating is as solitary as any other form of masturbation.
The Trial of Callista Blake |Edgar PangbornRed-Eye abruptly ceased his breast-beating and tooth-grinding, and ran across the timber-jam to the shore.
Before Adam |Jack London