browbeat
English
/ˈbɹaʊ.biːt/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.
Etymology
Compound from English brow + English beat.
Origin
English
beat
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Eurobeat English
- Merseybeat English
- Scouse brow English
- abeat English
- afrobeat English
- afterbeat English
- backbeat English
- beat English
- beatable English
- beatbox English
- beatdown English
- beatee English
- beaten English
- beater English
- beatest English
- beateth English
- beatless English
- beatmaker English
- beatmatching English
- beatscape English
- beatsman English
- beatsmith English
- bibrow English
- bluebeat English
- breakbeat English
- brow English
- browband English
- browbeaten English
- browbeater English
- browbone English
- browbound English
- browed English
- browful English
- browless English
- browlift English
- browline English
- browman English
- browplasty English
- browspot English
- counterbeat English
- downbeat English
- drumbeat English
- eyebrow English
- forbeat English
- forebeat English
- freakbeat English
- heartbeat English
- highbrow English
- hoofbeat English
- hyperbeat English
- inbeat English
- interbeat English
- lowbrow English
- midbeat English
- midbrow English
- middlebrow English
- misbeat English
- monobrow English
- offbeat English
- onbeat English
- overbeat English
- overbrow English
- pulsebeat English
- swingbeat English
- tailbeat English
- tobeat English
- unbeatability English
- unbeatable English
- unibrow English
- upbeat English
- wingbeat English
- worldbeat English
- beat Finnish
- Braue German
- beat Italian
- beat Dutch, Flemish
- бровь Russian
- beten Middle English
- browe Middle English
- ibhithi Zulu
- bit Nigerian Pidgin
- beat
- brow
- abeat
- inbeat
- upbeat
- browed
- bibrow
- onbeat
- tobeat
- beaten
- beater
- beatee
- unibrow
- forbeat
- beatest
- browman
- beateth
- lowbrow
- midbeat
- midbrow
- eyebrow
- misbeat
- beatbox
- offbeat
- browful
- backbeat
- monobrow
- hoofbeat
- browlift
- forebeat
- bluebeat
- beatsman
- downbeat
- beatdown
- Eurobeat
- overbeat
- drumbeat
- wingbeat
- browline
- beatable
- browspot
- tailbeat
- browbone
- afrobeat
- highbrow
- beatless
- overbrow
- browless
- browband
- afterbeat
- freakbeat
- pulsebeat
- interbeat
- worldbeat
- beatsmith
- hyperbeat
- swingbeat
- browbound
- breakbeat
- heartbeat
- beatscape
- beatmaker
- browbeaten
- middlebrow
- browplasty
- Merseybeat
- unbeatable
- browbeater
- counterbeat
- Scouse brow
- beatmatching
- unbeatability