BRAG

boss, brag

(adjective) exceptionally good; “a boss hand at carpentry”; “his brag cornfield”

brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade

(noun) an instance of boastful talk; “his brag is worse than his fight”; “whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade”

boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade

(verb) show off

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

brag (plural brags)

A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification.

The thing which is boasted of.

(by ellipsis) The card game three card brag.

Verb

brag (third-person singular simple present brags, present participle bragging, simple past and past participle bragged)

(intransitive) To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to popularize oneself.

(transitive) To boast of.

Synonyms

• boast

Hyponyms

• brag on

Adjective

brag (comparative bragger, )

Excellent; first-rate.

(archaic) Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.

Adverb

brag (comparative more brag, superlative most brag)

(obsolete) proudly; boastfully

Anagrams

• ARGB, garb, grab

Source: Wiktionary

Brag, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bragged; p. pr. & vb. n. Bragging.] Etym: [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.]

Definition: 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.

Brag, v. t.

Definition: To boast of. [Obs.] Shak.

Brag, n.

1. A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or self glorification. Cæsar . . . made not here his brag Of "came," and "saw," and "overcame." Shak.

2. The thing which is boasted of. Beauty is Nature's brag. Milton.

3. A game at cards similar to bluff. Chesterfield.

Brag, a. Etym: [See Brag, v. i.]

Definition: Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited. [Arhaic] A brag young fellow. B. Jonson.

Brag, adv.

Definition: Proudly; boastfully. [Obs.] Fuller.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition