brag

[ brag ]

/ bræg /

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verb (used without object), bragged, brag·ging.

to use boastful language; boast: He bragged endlessly about his high score.

verb (used with object), bragged, brag·ging.

to boast of: He bragged that he had won.

noun

a boast or vaunt.

a thing to boast of.

a boaster.

an old English card game similar to poker.

adjective

Archaic. unusually fine; first-rate.

Nearby words

brae, braeburn, braeheid, braemar, braford, brag, braga, braganza, bragdon, bragg, bragg scattering

Origin of brag

1350–1400; Middle English brag (noun) ostentation, arrogance, braggen (v.); of obscure origin

ANTONYMS FOR brag

2 depreciate.

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Related forms

brag·ging·ly, adverbbrag·less, adjectiveout·brag, verb (used with object), out·bragged, out·brag·ging.o·ver·brag, verb, o·ver·bragged, o·ver·brag·ging.

un·brag·ging, adjective

Synonym study

1. See boast¹.

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Examples from the Web for brag

They brag that they focus their “complete attention on executing each step of the distillation process.”
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It is an awesome thing to brag about, that you are in the same circle as Ice Cube.
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Beethoven, of course, was no stranger to megalomania, and he even loved to brag to his friends about his vanity.
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But it appears the 5C did not have enough early hits either domestically or in China for Apple to brag about.
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Suddenly Harvard can brag about its 5.6 percent—or whatever it is—acceptance rate and parents get hysterical.
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We got near a couple of antelope and Mr. Bradford, who was a brag shot and had the best gun, proposed to kill them as we stood.
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The brain worker has little to brag of as against the manual worker.
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“Well, Brag is a good horse, but Win-out is it,” declared Jack.
The Putnam Hall Champions|Arthur M. Winfield
I should be sorry for 'em to take notice of such vulgar insolence as this; for bullies will brag.'
The Attache|Thomas Chandler Haliburton
So at least I gave my Father to understand; but perhaps it was a brag.
Apologia Pro Vita Sua|John Henry Cardinal Newman

British Dictionary definitions for brag

brag

/ (bræɡ) /

verb brags, bragging or bragged

to speak of (one's own achievements, possessions, etc) arrogantly and boastfully

noun

boastful talk or behaviour, or an instance of this

something boasted ofhis brag was his new car

a braggart; boaster

a card game: an old form of poker

Derived Formsbragger, nounbragging, noun, adjectivebraggingly, adverb

Word Origin for brag

C13: of unknown origin

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Word Origin and History for brag (1 of 2)

brag

mid-14c., braggen "to make a loud sound," also "to talk boastfully," of obscure origin, perhaps related to bray of a trumpet, or related to the Middle English adjective brag "ostentatious, proud; spirited, brave" (early 14c.), which probably is from Celtic. Other sources suggest Old Norse bragr "the best, the toast (of anything)," also "poetry." Also cf. braggart for another possibility. Related: Bragged; bragging.

Word Origin and History for brag (1 of 2)

brag

late 14c., "pomp; arrogance, pride;" see 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.

brag

verb (used without object), bragged, brag·ging.

verb (used with object), bragged, brag·ging.

noun

adjective

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