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Bragging

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Noun

1. brag, bragging, crow, crowing, gasconade, line-shooting, vaporing

an instance of boastful talk

Example Sentences:
'his brag is worse than his fight'
'whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade'

Adjective

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Bragging

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verbWord forms: brags, bragging or bragged
1. 
to speak of (one's own achievements, possessions, etc) arrogantly and boastfully
noun
2. 
boastful talk or behaviour, or an instance of this
3. 
something boasted of
his brag was his new car
4. 
a braggart; boaster
5. 
a card game: an old form of poker

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Bragging

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verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: bragged or ˈbragging
1. 
to boast
noun
2. 
boastful talk or manner
3.  Informal
anything boasted of; boast
4. 
a braggart
5. 
an old card game, much like poker
adjectiveWord forms: ˈbragger or ˈbraggest
6.  Archaic
a. 
spirited
b. 
boastful
7.  US, Rare
first-rate; excellent

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Bragging

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v. bragged, brag·ging, brags
v.intr.
To talk or write about oneself in a proud or self-impressed way. See Synonyms at boast1.
v.tr.
To say (something about oneself) boastfully.
n.
1. A boast.
2. Arrogant or boastful speech.
3. Games A card game similar to poker.
adj. brag·ger, brag·gest
Exceptionally fine.

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