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Brag
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What's The Definition Of Brag?
[n] an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"
[adj] (informal) exceptionally good; "a boss hand at carpentry"; "his brag cornfield" [v] show off Synonyms | Synonyms for Brag: blow | bluster | boast | boss | bragging | crow | crowing | gas | gasconade | line-shooting | shoot a line | superior | swash | tout | vaporing | vaunt Related Terms | Find terms related to Brag: big mouth | blow | blower | blowhard | bluff | bluster | bluster and bluff | blusterer | boast | boaster | boastfulness | boasting | bombast | bounce | braggadocio | braggart | braggartism | bragging | bravado | bully | Captain Bobadil | cock-a-doodle-doo | conceit | crow | draw the longbow | fanfaron | fanfaronade | flourish | gasbag | Gascon | gasconade | gasconader | gasconism | hector | heroics | hot-air artist | intimidate | jactation | jactitation | miles gloriosus | mouth | out-herod Herod | prate | puff | rage | rant | rave | rodomontade | roister | rollick | show off | side | slang | speak for Buncombe | splutter | sputter | storm | strut | swagger | swashbuckle | talk big | Texan | trumpet | vanity | vapor | vaunt | vauntery | vaunting | windbag | windjammer | windy See Also | amplify | boast | boasting | crow | exaggerate | gloat | hyerbolise | hyperbolize | jactitation | magnify | overdraw | overstate | puff | self-praise | triumph Brag In Webster's Dictionary \Brag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bragged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bragging}.] [OE. braggen to resound, blow, boast (cf. F.
braguer to lead a merry life, flaunt, boast, OF. brague
merriment), from Icel. braka to creak, brak noise, fr. the
same root as E. break; properly then, to make a noise, boast.
?{95}.]
To talk about one's self, or things pertaining to one's self,
in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder;
to talk boastfully; to boast; -- often followed by of; as, to
brag of one's exploits, courage, or money, or of the great
things one intends to do.
Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, Brags of
his substance, not of ornament. --Shak.
Syn: To swagger; boast; vapor; bluster; vaunt; flourish; talk
big.
\Brag\, v. t. To boast of. [Obs.] --Shak. \Brag\, n. 1. A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or self glorification. C[ae]sar . . . made not here his brag Of ``came,'' and ``saw,'' and ``overcame.'' --Shak. 2. The thing which is boasted of. Beauty is Nature's brag. --Milton. 3. A game at cards similar to bluff. --Chesterfield. \Brag\, a. [See {Brag}, v. i.] Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited. [Archaic] A brag young fellow. --B. Jonson. \Brag\, adv. Proudly; boastfully. [Obs.] --Fuller. |
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