Brag \Brag\, v. t.
To boast of. [Obs.] --Shak.
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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\, a. [See Brag, v. i.]
Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.
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A brag young fellow. --B. Jonson.
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Brag \Brag\, adv.
Proudly; boastfully. [Obs.] --Fuller.
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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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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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
71 Moby Thesaurus words for "brag":
Captain Bobadil, Gascon, Texan, big mouth, blow, blower, blowhard,
bluff, bluster, bluster and bluff, blusterer, boast, boaster,
boastfulness, boasting, bombast, bounce, braggadocio, braggart,
braggartism, bragging, bravado, bully, cock-a-doodle-doo, conceit,
crow, draw the longbow, fanfaron, fanfaronade, flourish, gasbag,
gasconade, gasconader, gasconism, hector, heroics, hot-air artist,
intimidate, jactation, jactitation, miles gloriosus, mouth,
out-herod Herod, prate, puff, rage, rant, rave, rodomontade,
roister, rollick, show off, side, slang, speak for Buncombe,
splutter, sputter, storm, strut, swagger, swashbuckle, talk big,
trumpet, vanity, vapor, vaunt, vauntery, vaunting, windbag,
windjammer, windy
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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