Gasconade \Gas`con*ade"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gasconaded; p.
pr. & vb. n. Gasconading.]
To boast; to brag; to bluster.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Gasconade \Gas`con*ade"\, n. [F. gasconnade, from Gascon an
inhabitant of Gascony, the people of which were noted for
boasting.]
A boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging;
braggodocio. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
gasconade
n : 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]
v : show off [syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag,
gas, blow, bluster, vaunt]
WordNet (r) 2.0
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "gasconade":
blow, bluff, bluster, bluster and bluff, boast, bounce, brag,
bully, cock-a-doodle-doo, crow, draw the longbow, flourish, hector,
intimidate, mouth, out-herod Herod, prate, puff, rage, rant, rave,
rodomontade, roister, rollick, slang, speak for Buncombe, splutter,
sputter, storm, swagger, swashbuckle, vapor, vaunt
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Gasconade, MO (city, FIPS 26578)
Location: 38.66936 N, 91.56029 W
Population (1990): 253 (160 housing units)
Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Gasconade -- U.S. County in Missouri
Population (2000): 15342
Housing Units (2000): 7813
Land area (2000): 520.668439 sq. miles (1348.525009 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 5.426543 sq. miles (14.054682 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 526.094982 sq. miles (1362.579691 sq. km)
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 38.449325 N, 91.512590 W
Headwords:
Gasconade
Gasconade, MO
Gasconade County
Gasconade County, MO
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
Gasconade, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000): 267
Housing Units (2000): 141
Land area (2000): 0.208511 sq. miles (0.540042 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.208511 sq. miles (0.540042 sq. km)
FIPS code: 26578
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 38.670790 N, 91.559140 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Gasconade, MO
Gasconade
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
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