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brag

 (brăg)
v. bragged, brag·ging, brags
v.intr.
To talk or write about oneself in a proud or self-impressed way. See Synonyms at boast1.
v.tr.
To say (something about oneself) boastfully.
n.
1. A boast.
2. Arrogant or boastful speech.
3. Games A card game similar to poker.
adj. brag·ger, brag·gest
Exceptionally fine.

[Middle English braggen, from brag, ostentatious.]

brag′ger n.
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brag

(bræɡ)
vb, brags, bragging or bragged
to speak of (one's own achievements, possessions, etc) arrogantly and boastfully
n
1. boastful talk or behaviour, or an instance of this
2. something boasted of: his brag was his new car.
3. a braggart; boaster
4. (Card Games) a card game: an old form of poker
[C13: of unknown origin]
ˈbragger n
ˈbragging n, adj
ˈbraggingly adv
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brag

(bræg)

v. bragged, brag•ging,
n., adj. v.i.
1. to use boastful language; boast.
v.t.
2. to declare boastfully.
n.
3. a boast or vaunt.
4. a thing to boast of.
5. a boaster.
6. an old English card game similar to poker.
adj.
7. first-rate.
[1350–1400; Middle English brag (n.) ostentation, braggen (v.)]
brag′ger, n.
syn: See boast1.
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brag


Past participle: bragged
Gerund: bragging

Imperative
brag
brag
Present
I brag
you brag
he/she/it brags
we brag
you brag
they brag
Preterite
I bragged
you bragged
he/she/it bragged
we bragged
you bragged
they bragged
Present Continuous
I am bragging
you are bragging
he/she/it is bragging
we are bragging
you are bragging
they are bragging
Present Perfect
I have bragged
you have bragged
he/she/it has bragged
we have bragged
you have bragged
they have bragged
Past Continuous
I was bragging
you were bragging
he/she/it was bragging
we were bragging
you were bragging
they were bragging
Past Perfect
I had bragged
you had bragged
he/she/it had bragged
we had bragged
you had bragged
they had bragged
Future
I will brag
you will brag
he/she/it will brag
we will brag
you will brag
they will brag
Future Perfect
I will have bragged
you will have bragged
he/she/it will have bragged
we will have bragged
you will have bragged
they will have bragged
Future Continuous
I will be bragging
you will be bragging
he/she/it will be bragging
we will be bragging
you will be bragging
they will be bragging
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been bragging
you have been bragging
he/she/it has been bragging
we have been bragging
you have been bragging
they have been bragging
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been bragging
you will have been bragging
he/she/it will have been bragging
we will have been bragging
you will have been bragging
they will have been bragging
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been bragging
you had been bragging
he/she/it had been bragging
we had been bragging
you had been bragging
they had been bragging
Conditional
I would brag
you would brag
he/she/it would brag
we would brag
you would brag
they would brag
Past Conditional
I would have bragged
you would have bragged
he/she/it would have bragged
we would have bragged
you would have bragged
they would have bragged
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.brag - an instance of boastful talkbrag - an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"
boast, boasting, jactitation, self-praise - speaking of yourself in superlatives
Verb1.brag - show offbrag - show off        
puff - speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man"
exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, amplify, magnify, overdraw - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
crow, gloat, triumph - dwell on with satisfaction
Adj.1.brag - exceptionally good; "a boss hand at carpentry"; "his brag cornfield"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
superior - of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students"
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brag

verb boast, crow, swagger, vaunt, bluster, talk big (slang), blow your own trumpet, blow your own horn (U.S. & Canad.) He'll probably go around bragging to his friends.
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brag

verb
To talk with excessive pride:
Informal: blow.
noun
1. An act of boasting:
Informal: blow.
2. One given to boasting:
Informal: blowhard.
Slang: blower.
adjective
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Translations
تباهىيَتَفاخَر، يَتَباهى
chlubit se
prale
gorta
力む自慢する
lielītiesplātīties
böbürlenmekövünmek

brag

[bræg]
A. VIjactarse, fanfarronear (about, of, that de de que)
B. N (= boast) → fanfarronada f, bravata f
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brag

[ˈbræg] vise vanter
to brag about sth → se vanter de qch
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

brag

viprahlen, angeben (about, of mit)
vtprahlen; to brag thatprahlen, dass, damit angeben, dass
n
(= boast)Prahlerei f, → Angeberei f
(inf) = braggart
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brag

[bræg] vt & vi to brag (about/that)vantarsi (di)
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

brag

(brӕg) past tense, past participle bragged verb
to boast.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
References in classic literature ?
Here I had found a man not made from dust; one who had no narrow boasts of birthplace or country, one who, if he bragged at all, would brag of his whole round globe against the Martians and the inhabitants of the Moon.
I've seen men from Chicago sit in a gondola in Venice on a moonlight night and brag about their drainage canal.
He does not know effectually how to brag. He talks about it, you see.
Damme if I think he meant to turn king's evidence; but he's that sort of bragging fellow, the bragging runs over hedge and ditch with him, till he'd brag of a spavin as if it 'ud fetch money.
The best of it was that my assertion and brag were true.
The camp bullies and prime trappers of the party began to ruffle up, and to brag, in turn, of their perils and achievements.
It was hard on the stupid lowly, for they were coppered to lose from the start; but the more he saw of the others, the apparent winners, the less it seemed to him that they had anything to brag about.
He looked fiercely on Hector and said, "Draw near, that you may meet your doom the sooner." Hector feared him not and answered, "Son of Peleus, think not that your words can scare me as though I were a child; I too if I will can brag and talk unseemly; I know that you are a mighty warrior, mightier by far than I, nevertheless the issue lies in the lap of heaven whether I, worse man though I be, may not slay you with my spear, for this too has been found keen ere now."
how Marmaduke will brag! he is a prodigious bragger about any small matter like this now; well, to think that ‘Duke has killed a buck before Christmas!
'You needn't brag about it,' returned Fledgeby, disappointed in his desire to heighten the contrast between his bed and the streets.
babies' plaything of haughty Admirals, and Commodores, and Captains; the world brags of thee, of thy cunning and might; but what after all canst thou do, but tell the poor, pitiful point, where thou thyself happenest to be on this wide planet, and the hand that holds thee: no!