brag
- to use boastful language; boast: He bragged endlessly about his high score.
- to boast of: He bragged that he had won.
- a boast or vaunt.
- a thing to boast of.
- a boaster.
- an old English card game similar to poker.
- Archaic. unusually fine; first-rate.
Origin of brag
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Examples from the Web for bragged
Contemporary Examples
He also bragged about earning a PhD, a point Smerconish did not question.
Zuckerberg himself has bragged that he is able to predict which site members will hook up with whom based on their site activity.
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.
“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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July 3, 2014
Historical Examples
Virtue, once bragged about, once you pride yourself upon it, ceases to be such.
The Book of KhalidAmeen Rihani
"It's easy," bragged Herman, and proceeded to demonstrate that statement.
Old Man CurryCharles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
He set on the thwart and bragged about what he'd do when he got back to "Petey" again.
Cape Cod StoriesJoseph C. Lincoln
And the way they crowed and bragged about their "finds" wa'n't fit to put in the log.
Cape Cod StoriesJoseph C. Lincoln
He bragged indefatigably of his club and the people whom he met there.
Young Mr. Barter's RepentanceDavid Christie Murray
brag
- to speak of (one's own achievements, possessions, etc) arrogantly and boastfully
- 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
Word Origin
Word Origin and History for bragged
brag
v.
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.
brag
n.
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.