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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.
Origin of brag
1350–1400; Middle English brag (noun) ostentation, arrogance, braggen (v.); of obscure origin
synonym study for brag
1. See boast1.
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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 forms of brag
bragger, nounbragging, noun, adjectivebraggingly, adverbWord Origin for brag
C13: of unknown origin
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