Brag
adj, adv, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification. countable, uncountable
"Caesar […] made not here his brag / Of "came", and "saw", and "overcame"."
- 2 an instance of boastful talk wordnet
- 3 The thing which is boasted of. countable, uncountable
"Beauty is Nature's brag."
- 4 Short for three card brag. abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
"our mixed companies here, which, if they happen to rise above bragg and whist, infallibly stop short of every thing either pleasing or instructive"
- 1 To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to popularize oneself. intransitive, often, with-of
"to brag of one’s exploits, courage, or money"
- 2 show off wordnet
- 1 Excellent; first-rate.
- 2 Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited. archaic
"a woundy, brag young fellow"
- 1 exceptionally good wordnet
- 1 Proudly; boastfully. obsolete
"Seest how brag yond bullock beare […]his pricked eares?"
Example
More examples"His work shows nothing to brag about."
Etymology
From Middle English braggen (“to make a loud noise; to speak boastfully”) of uncertain origin. Possibly related to the Middle English adjective brag (“prideful; spirited”), which is probably of Celtic origin; or from Old Norse bragr (“best; foremost; poetry”); or through Old English from Old Norse braka (“to creak”).
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