gasconade

5 definitions found

gasconade - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gasconade \Gas`con*ade"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gasconaded; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Gasconading.]
     To boast; to brag; to bluster.
     [1913 Webster]

  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]

gasconade - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  gasconade
      n 1: 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, gasconade]
      v 1: show off [syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line,
           brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade]

gasconade - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  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)

gasconade - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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