BRAGGING
boastful, braggart, bragging, braggy, big, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising
(adjective) exhibiting self-importance; “big talk”
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”
BRAG
boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
(verb) show off
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
bragging (plural braggings)
The act of one who brags.
Verb
bragging
present participle of brag
Source: Wiktionary
BRAG
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