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gloated

  • past participle of gloat.
  • past tense form of gloat.

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Which, as Kimmel gloated that night, he did.

From Salon Sep. 26, 2025

Hofstra University, better known for its scholarly conferences on presidents, recently convened one to celebrate the life of a baseball player who once gloated about making more money than a U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2024

I gloated and asked if he could debunk false claims made by his opponent.

From Scientific American Sep. 30, 2022

But in the fifth he was burned by good friend Ryan Mountcastle, who was in Harvey’s wedding and gloated with a text and phone call shorty after the game.

From Washington Post Sep. 13, 2022

Ignatius lis-tened to the bloodcurdling little trebles and giggles and gloated in his dark lair.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole