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
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.
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.
• boast
• brag on
brag (comparative bragger, )
Excellent; first-rate.
(archaic) Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.
brag (comparative more brag, superlative most brag)
(obsolete) proudly; boastfully
• 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
10 June 2025
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
