Crossword clues for bragging
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Brag \Brag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bragged; p. pr. & vb. n. Bragging.] [OE. braggen to resound, blow, boast (cf. F. braguer to lead a merry life, flaunt, boast, OF. brague merriment), from Icel. braka to creak, brak noise, fr. the same root as E. break; properly then, to make a noise, boast. ? 95.] To talk about one's self, or things pertaining to one's self, in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to talk boastfully; to boast; -- often followed by of; as, to brag of one's exploits, courage, or money, or of the great things one intends to do.
Conceit, more rich in matter than in words,
Brags of his substance, not of ornament.
--Shak.
Syn: To swagger; boast; vapor; bluster; vaunt; flourish; talk big.
Wiktionary
n. The act of one who brags. vb. (present participle of brag English)
WordNet
adj. exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" [syn: boastful, braggart(a), bragging(a), braggy, big, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising]
n. an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade" [syn: brag, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade]
See brag
Usage examples of "bragging".
Oh men, oh trousers, what they cover, what they hide, the tanned rump, the bush torched off behind the black bikesheds, the braggings and debaggings, the billion bullybags .
He delighted in the Falstaffian braggings of Major Hoople, and occasionally spoke in what he imagined was the Major's voice.
The red lips under the close-clipped black mustache curled down and there was a glint of amused contempt in his black eyes—contempt, as if he lisÂtened to the braggings of children.
That talk might be nothing but insults and braggings, but it was communication nonetheless.