bragging : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bragging	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for bragging
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bragging 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" Synonym(s): brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.