chest-thumping
noun
chest-thump·ing
ˈches(t)-ˌthəm-piŋ 
: conduct or expression marked by pompous or arrogant self-assertion
political chest-thumping
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An eighth-inning throwing error from right-hander Blake Treinen allowed the Diamondbacks to tie the score and former Dodger Joc Pederson hit a chest-thumping home run in the ninth to give Arizona a 5-4 lead.
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Doug Padilla, Orange County Register, 2 July 2024
Asian countries sometimes recoil at the American tendency to frame its support for democracy in chest-thumping, even messianic terms.
—Michael Green, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2024
Located beneath a tangle of freeway overpasses, the park reverberated with chest-thumping music and speeches amplified extra loud to drown out the roar of overhead traffic.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024
The chest-thumping challenges from both men appeared to speak to a new form of macho aggression in a culture more associated with cutthroat industry practices than hand-to-hand violence.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2023
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Doug Padilla, Orange County Register, 2 July 2024
Asian countries sometimes recoil at the American tendency to frame its support for democracy in chest-thumping, even messianic terms.
—Michael Green, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2024
Located beneath a tangle of freeway overpasses, the park reverberated with chest-thumping music and speeches amplified extra loud to drown out the roar of overhead traffic.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024
The chest-thumping challenges from both men appeared to speak to a new form of macho aggression in a culture more associated with cutthroat industry practices than hand-to-hand violence.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2023
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“Chest-thumping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chest-thumping. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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