chest-beat·ing
| \ ˈches(t)-ˌbē-tiŋ
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variants:
or chest beating
Definition of chest-beating
: chest-thumping
His nationalist chest-beating also stirred up United States hostility toward his administration.— Alan Riding, New York Times Magazine, 16 Sept. 1979
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“Chest-beating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chest-beating. Accessed 19 May. 2022.
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