0 behaviour, especially by a man, that is intended to show how powerful and strong someone is: --
There was chest-thumping by House Republicans, who boasted that they had blocked the Democrats at nearly every opportunity.
1 used to describe behaviour that is intended to show how powerful and strong you are, or a person that behaves like this: --
This display of chest-thumping triumphalism was most unseemly.
chest-thumping 14-year-old boys
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Можем да го завършим стъпка по стъпка, колкото и дълъг да е пътят и не може да бъде завършен, колкото и кратък да е пътят, ако дори не маркирате отпечатъка си.