browbeat

• brow-beat

brow +‎ beat

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹaʊ.biːt/

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browbeat (third-person singular simple present browbeats, present participle browbeating, simple past browbeat, past participle browbeaten)

1. (transitive) To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.

   Though the teacher browbeat all the children, they still acted out during the lesson.

• (to bully in an intimidating way): bully, cow, domineer, intimidate

• browbeater

• browbeat in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• browbeat in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.