Meanings
verbbrow-beat (third-person singular simple present brow-beats, present participle brow-beating, simple past brow-beat, past participle brow-beaten)
present singular third person brow-beats · participle present brow-beating · participle past brow-beaten
- alternativeAlternative spelling of browbeat.
Man is brow-beaten, leashed, muzzled, masked, and lashed by boards and councils, by leagues and societies, by church and state.
1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress
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brow-beat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brow-beat
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“brow-beat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brow-beat. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brow-beat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brow-beat.
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