breast-beating

noun — 2 senses

breast-beating

noun

1

Synonym of chest-beating.

All the breast-beating and finger-pointing by those who don't like the ad, shocks me.1979 April 14, David M. Stryker, “A Contribution”, in Gay Community News, page 4:

2

The act of displaying remorse by or as if by striking one's breast.

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