Meaning

1 senses

  1. (figuratively)To ostentatiously display remorse, sorrow, or upset.

Translations

2 languages

Origin

For the meaning development compare Proto-Slavic *plakati ultimately from *pleh₂k-, *pleh₂

For the meaning development compare Proto-Slavic *plakati ultimately from *pleh₂k-, *pleh₂g- (“to beat”) (whence also Latin plangō (whence plangent, plain)).

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Forms

beats one's breast, beating one's breast, beat one's breast, beaten one's breast
Base formbeat one's breast · to beat one's breast
3rd person singularbeats one's breast
Present participlebeating one's breast
Past simplebeat one's breast
Past participlebeaten one's breast / beat one's breast

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybeat one's breast
he, she, itbeats one's breast

Past simpleLesson

all personsbeat one's breast

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave beaten one's breast
he, she, ithas beaten one's breast

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill beat one's breast

Synonyms

1 synonyms
beat one's chest

Word family

1 related words
Relatedself-flagellation

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
beastiebeatB1beaterbeatingbeatitudebeatnik
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