Bragging

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Brag \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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Conceit, more rich in matter than in words,
           Brags of his substance, not of ornament. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To swagger; boast; vapor; bluster; vaunt; flourish; talk
          big.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  brag
       adj : exceptionally good; "a boss hand at carpentry"; "his brag
             cornfield" [syn: {boss}]
       n : an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his
           fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his
           gasconade" [syn: {bragging}, {crow}, {crowing}, {vaporing},
            {line-shooting}, {gasconade}]
       v : show off [syn: {boast}, {tout}, {swash}, {shoot a line}, {gas},
            {blow}, {bluster}, {vaunt}, {gasconade}]
       [also: {bragging}, {bragged}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bragging
       adj : exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" [syn: {boastful}, {braggart(a)},
              {bragging(a)}, {braggy}, {big}, {cock-a-hoop}, {crowing},
              {self-aggrandizing}, {self-aggrandising}]
       n : an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his
           fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his
           gasconade" [syn: {brag}, {crow}, {crowing}, {vaporing}, {line-shooting},
            {gasconade}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bragging
       See {brag}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "bragging":
     Gascon, bluster, boast, boastful, boastfulness, boasting, bombast,
     brag, braggadocio, braggart, braggartism, bravado, conceit,
     conceited, fanfaron, fanfaronade, fanfaronading, gasconade,
     gasconading, gasconism, heroics, jactation, jactitation,
     rodomontade, self-advertising, self-applauding, self-flattering,
     self-glorious, self-lauding, self-vaunting, side, swagger,
     thrasonic, thrasonical, vain, vainglorious, vanity, vaporing,
     vaunt, vauntery, vaunting