breast-beating

noun

breast-beat·​ing ˈbres(t)-ˌbē-tiŋ 

: noisy demonstrative protestation (as of grief, anger, or self-recrimination)

Word History

First Known Use

1834, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for breast-beating

• accreting
• competing
• completing
• concreting
• defeating
• deleting
• depleting
• entreating
• preheating
• reheating
• repeating
• retreating