adj
(US, idiomatic) Full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious.
n
(obsolete) A vaunt; a boast.
n
(countable) A boast or threat; boastful speech.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To speak or talk loudly of; boast of; glory in.
n
(idiomatic) Statements which are boastful or exaggerated.
n
(in the plural) Boastful language.
v
(informal, transitive, intransitive, Australia, New Zealand) To brag or boast (about).
v
(intransitive, US) To speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner.
n
(US, possibly originally Ohio, informal) A boastful or pompous manner of speaking or writing; a lengthy discourse delivered in that manner.
v
(Britain, Commonwealth) To praise oneself.
n
An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate; braggadocio.
n
Swaggering; braggartry; noisy pretension.
n
One who boasts; a braggart.
adj
Indicative of boast or boasting; bragging; boastful.
adj
Like a Bobadil, or swaggering boaster.
n
The behaviour of a Bobadil, or swaggering boaster.
n
A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification.
v
To speak with pride on behalf of (someone else); to boast of the accomplishments of (someone else).
n
(chiefly in the plural) Something that can be bragged about (e.g. material possessions, achievements, etc.).
n
(obsolete) Someone given to empty boasting; a braggart.
adj
Exhibiting braggadocio; characterized by empty boasts.
n
Someone who brags a lot.
n
Boastfulness; tendency to brag.
adj
boastful, tending to brag
adj
Characterized by boasting; boastful.
adj
Like a braggart; boastful.
adj
(nonstandard) Exhibiting or characteristic of hubris; boastful.
n
(idiomatic) Honor or prestige.
v
(transitive) To bear something with ostentatious show.
v
(obsolete, intransitive) To swagger; to brag.
n
Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense.
n
Empty, self-assertive boasting.
v
Alternative form of fanfaronade [To engage in empty, self-assertive boasting.]
adj
(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) (of things) Cosy; clean; neat.
v
(transitive) To parade, display with ostentation.
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To boast; to vaunt; to brag.
n
Deceptive or blustering speech.
adj
(obsolete) braggart; swaggering
v
(UK, slang) To boast or impress.
v
(intransitive) to act pretentiously, or in a snobbish manner; to swagger
n
(rare, informal, slang, nonstandard) Gloating
n
The act of one who gloats.
n
The act of one who glozes; flattery; deceit.
n
(sports, slang) Obnoxiously self-aggrandizing or theatrical behavior.
v
Used to boast of a claimed characteristic or proficiency.
n
(formal) Boasting; bragging; showing off.
n
(obsolete) boasting; bragging
n
Boasting; bragging; showing off.
n
Bragging or boasting, especially in a false manner to another's detriment.
v
(intransitive, US slang) To feel delighted and proud; to boast; to gloat.
v
Alternative form of merrymake [(archaic, literary) To make merry, have fun, celebrate.]
n
(archaic) A meeting for mirth.
v
(transitive) To surpass in bragging.
v
Alternative form of outhumor [(transitive) To surpass in humor; to be funnier than.]
n
An instance of somebody being outsmarted.
n
(colloquial) A rallying speech made to instill enthusiasm and boost confidence
n
(dated) One who makes vain boasts.
n
A vain or blustering boaster; a braggart.
v
(archaic) To boast, brag or bluster pretentiously.
n
A brag or boast; a rodomontade.
n
(informal, chiefly US, by extension) A showoff.
n
The action of a show off
n
Behaviour considered to be showing off
n
A person given to egotistically attempting to demonstrate prowess or ability.
n
(informal) The act of performing stunts or ostentatiously showing off
n
Boastful, blustering behaviour.
n
The act of one who touts.
adj
Brash, self-promoting.
adv
With bragging or bluster.
n
(obsolete, poetic) vaunting; boastfulness
adj
(archaic) Given to vaunting or boasting; vainly ostentatious.
adj
(archaic) vaunting; boastful
n
(by extension) vainglory; pride.
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