beat one's chest (English, verb)
expansion: beat one's chest (third-person singular simple present beats one's chest, present participle beating one's chest, simple past beat one's chest, past participle beaten one's chest or (colloquial) beat one's chest)
Senses:
glosses: To brag ostentatiously.
glosses: Synonym of beat one's breast (“lament”).
Forms:
form: beats one's chest
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: beating one's chest
tags: participle
present
form: beat one's chest
tags: past
form: beaten one's chest
tags: participle
past
form: beat one's chest
tags: colloquial
participle
past