chest-beating
adj1
Boastfully belligerent.
chest-beating
noun1
Boastful belligerence.
- It is very rare to find good, personal analysis of events that does not degenerate into chest-beating, pettiness, pomposity, or political doggeral ^([sic]).1977 December 17, Andrew R. Weiss, “Kudos For Cagan”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 24, page 4:
- Related terms
- beat one's chest