'Brag' definitions:
Definition of 'brag'
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Definition of 'Brag'
From: GCIDE
- Brag \Brag\, v. t. To boast of. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Brag'
From: GCIDE
- Brag \Brag\, n.
- 1. A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or self glorification. [1913 Webster]
- C[ae]sar . . . made not here his brag Of "came," and "saw," and "overcame." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The thing which is boasted of. [1913 Webster]
- Beauty is Nature's brag. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A game at cards similar to bluff. --Chesterfield. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Brag'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, Brags of his substance, not of ornament. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To swagger; boast; vapor; bluster; vaunt; flourish; talk big. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Brag'
From: GCIDE
- Brag \Brag\, a. [See Brag, v. i.] Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
- A brag young fellow. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Brag'
From: GCIDE
- Brag \Brag\, adv. Proudly; boastfully. [Obs.] --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'brag'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- big mouth,
- blow,
- blower,
- blowhard,
- bluff,
- bluster,
- bluster and bluff,
- blusterer,
- boast,
- boaster,
- boastfulness,
- boasting,
- bombast,
- bounce,
- braggadocio,
- braggart,
- braggartism,
- bragging,
- bravado,
- bully,
- Captain Bobadil,
- cock-a-doodle-doo,
- conceit,
- crow,
- draw the longbow,
- fanfaron,
- fanfaronade,
- flourish,
- gasbag,
- Gascon,
- 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,
- Texan,
- trumpet,
- vanity,
- vapor,
- vaunt,
- vauntery,
- vaunting,
- windbag,
- windjammer,
- windy