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.

ANTONYMS FOR brag

2 depreciate.

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Origin of brag

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

synonym study for brag

1. See boast¹.

OTHER WORDS FROM brag

brag·ging·ly, adverbbragless, adjectiveoutbrag, verb (used with object), out·bragged, out·brag·ging.o·ver·brag, verb, o·ver·bragged, o·ver·brag·ging.

un·brag·ging, adjective

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Example sentences from the Web for brag

Many of my co-workers who are parents are doing the unimaginable and still tackling so much, but others are bragging about going on a daily fall hike or other activities.
You deserve a work-life balance, even if you’re child-free in a pandemic|Karla Miller|November 12, 2020|Washington Post
Tim Cook starts the presentation bragging about all the new Apple products we’ve gotten this year.
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All they got was bragging rights, which is more fulfilling than watching Andy eat.
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Vigneti delle Dolomiti, Italy, $18And this is the wine you sip back in the ski lodge, by the fire, while you brag about your adventure down the mountain.
This $15 pinot grigio from Italy’s mountains is bracing and edgy|Dave McIntyre|October 30, 2020|Washington Post

To some people, he was flashy, bragging falsely about being a sniper in Iraq, but to others, he was serious-minded.
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He also bragged about earning a PhD, a point Smerconish did not question.
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Zuckerberg himself has bragged that he is able to predict which site members will hook up with whom based on their site activity.
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Spears, on the other hand, bragged about being a virgin to the media.
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Branstad bragged that the state GOP has 11 field offices and new leadership devoted to raising money.
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“I have six times as many Twitter followers as all the other candidates combined,” he bragged to the Marietta Daily Journal.
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Lucas mocked him to his face because he had been tricked; Lucas bragged that it was his own scheme—that M. Étienne was his dupe.
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"Pooh, no bears about—wish there were, then we'd have some fun catching him," bragged Don.
Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest|Lillian Elizabeth Roy
This, then, is the military glory you bragged of in advance!
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No, but Ive been to America, Cletus bragged, knowing well his boss would be listening.
Satan and the Comrades|Ralph Bennitt
I bragged about my past and all I had done, and I told them I was going to escape.
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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, adverb

Word Origin for brag

C13: of unknown origin

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