Dictionary Definition
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]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]bragging See
brag
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æɡɪŋ
Verb
bragging- present participle of brag
Extensive Definition
- Symbel, the Germanic custom of ritual drinking
- Self-esteem
- Hubris
- human (primate) display and mating behaviour
- Dominance (biology)
- Alpha male
- Tall tale
- One-upmanship
- Windbag the Sailor
- Self-promotion
- Puffery
- Conceit
See also
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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