chest-beating
English
editNoun
edit- Boastful belligerence.
- Synonym: chest-thumping
- 1977 December 17, Andrew R. Weiss, “Kudos For Cagan”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 24, page 4:
- It is very rare to find good, personal analysis of events that does not degenerate into chest-beating, pettiness, pomposity, or political doggeral [sic].
Adjective
editchest-beating (not comparable)
Further reading
edit- “chest-beating”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.