Brag
11Brag — Brag, adv. Proudly; boastfully. [Obs.] Fuller. [1913 Webster] …
12brag — [brag] vt., vi. bragged, bragging [ME braggen < ?] to boast n. 1. boastful talk or manner 2. Informal anything boasted of; boast 3. a braggart 4. an old card game, much like poker adj …
13brag|gy — «BRAG ee», adjective, gi|er, gi|est. U.S. Informal. bragging; boastful …
14brag — index exaggeration, jactation, rodomontade Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
15brag — vb *boast, vaunt, crow, gasconade Analogous words: plume, pique, *pride, preen: flaunt, parade (see SHOW) Antonyms: apologize Contrasted words: extenuate, *palliate, whitewash, gloze, gloss …
16brag — [v] talk boastingly blow one’s own horn*, bluster*, boast, crow*, exult, gasconade, gloat, grandstand*, hotdog*, jive*, mouth*, pat oneself on the back*, prate, puff*, rodomontade, showboat*, shuck*, swagger, vaunt; concepts 49,51 Ant. be modest …
17brag — ► VERB (bragged, bragging) ▪ say something boastfully. ► NOUN 1) a simplified form of poker. 2) an act of bragging. DERIVATIVES bragger noun. ORIGIN …
18Brag — Edmond Hoyle (1672–1769) Brag ist ein sehr altes, englisches Glücksspiel und ist so wie Poch, Belle, Fluss und Einunddreißig und Bouillotte bzw. Brelan einer der Vorläufer des Poker. Edmond Hoyle (1672–1769) verfasste eine Abhandlung über Brag.… …
19brag — 01. Stop [bragging] about what a great tennis player you are; nobody cares! 02. Kareem always [bragged] about how smart he was until he failed the final exam. 03. Every boy on the baseball team likes to [brag] that he is the best player, but they …
20brag — {{11}}brag (n.) late 14c., pomp; arrogance, pride; see BRAG (Cf. brag) (v.); the exact relationship of the forms is uncertain. Meaning that which is boasted is from 1530s. As a once popular poker like card game, from 1734. {{12}}brag (v.) mid 14c …
