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English Dictionary: brag	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for brag
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brag adj exceptionally good; "a boss hand at carpentry"; "his brag cornfield" Synonym(s): boss, brag 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 v show off [syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brag \Brag\, adv. Proudly; boastfully. [Obs.] --Fuller.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brag \Brag\, v. t. To boast of. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brag \Brag\, n. 1. A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or self glorification. C[91]sar . . . made not here his brag Of [bd]came,[b8] and [bd]saw,[b8] and [bd]overcame.[b8] --Shak. 2. The thing which is boasted of. Beauty is Nature's brag. --Milton. 3. A game at cards similar to bluff. --Chesterfield.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brag \Brag\, a. [See {Brag}, v. i.] Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited. [Archaic] A brag young fellow. --B. Jonson.