bragger
Americannoun
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braggers
plural
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a person who brags.
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Cards.
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(in some forms of brag) the jack of clubs or nine of diamonds.
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(in other forms of brag) any jack or nine.
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the first bettor in a game of brag.
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Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of bragger
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at brag, -er 1
Example Sentences
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He was a genuine guy, not a bragger or anything like that,” remembered Weldon.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2022
Mostly, I feel angry when I hear about one of her achievements, even though she’s not a bragger.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2021
I am firmly of the opinion that LaVar Ball is an overbearing colossal bragger whose only concern is his own self-aggrandizement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2017
She wasn't a bragger, like Norman Mailer, or a misanthrope like J.D.
From US News ● Feb. 19, 2016
May Belle would tell Daddy, so it wouldn’t look as though he, Jesse, was a bragger.
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
AS A PARENT, I find the unspoken reason this topic elicits such passion is that the same feeling underlies both the braggers and the antibraggers: fear.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2013
But the prevalence of social media has given us many more canvases on which to paint our faux humility — making us, in turn, increasingly sophisticated braggers.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2012
Winning the braggers Cup heaps prestige upon the winners and shame amongst the losers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dear children, though you're winners, Be modest all; For pride must fall, And braggers lose their dinners.'
From Miss Elliot's Girls Stories of Beasts, Birds, and Butterflies by Mary Spring Corning
I was all ears, with my mouth full of kid, and when I heard that those braggers were there I thought I was going to die of fear.
From The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes; his fortunes and misfortunes as told by himself by Robert S. Rudder
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