BROWBEAT, BROWBEATING
NOUNS
1523 ► FACING the act of browbeating, boasting, or swaggering; a defiance → obs.
VERBS
1825 ► BABBIS to browbeat → Sc. obs.
1871 ► THREAP to browbeat, to talk down; to beat down in a bargain or argument → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1889 ► BAM to browbeat, to bully; to beat, to strike → Eng. dial.
1889 ► DUMB-COW to browbeat; to cow → Anglo-Indian (Bk.)
1950 ► MOMMICK → MUMMOCK to browbeat; to harass → Amer. dial.
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