brag
adj 1: exceptionally good; "a boss hand at carpentry"; "his brag
cornfield" [syn: boss, brag]
n 1: an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his
fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"
[syn: brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing,
line-shooting, gasconade]
v 1: show off [syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line,
brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade]
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Brag \Brag\, n.
1. A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or
self glorification.
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C[ae]sar . . . made not here his brag
Of "came," and "saw," and "overcame." --Shak.
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2. The thing which is boasted of.
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Beauty is Nature's brag. --Milton.
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3. A game at cards similar to bluff. --Chesterfield.
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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.
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Conceit, more rich in matter than in words,
Brags of his substance, not of ornament. --Shak.
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Syn: To swagger; boast; vapor; bluster; vaunt; flourish; talk
big.
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