brag Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an instance of boastful talk
    crow; vaporing; crowing; bragging; line-shooting; gasconade.
    • his brag is worse than his fight
    • whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade
  2. verb show off
    blow; boast; gasconade; gas; tout; swash; bluster; shoot a line; vaunt.
  3. adjective satellite exceptionally good
    boss.
    • a boss hand at carpentry
    • his brag cornfield

WordNet

Brag intransitive verb
Etymology
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.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Bragged present participle & verbal noun Bragging
Definitions
  1. 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 transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To boast of. Obs. Shak.
Brag noun
Definitions
  1. A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or self glorification.
    Cæsar . . . 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 adjective
Etymology
See Brag, v. i.
Definitions
  1. Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited. Arhaic
    A brag young fellow. B. Jonson.
Brag adverb
Definitions
  1. Proudly; boastfully. Obs. Fuller.

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