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BRAG

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

Irregular inflected forms: bragged  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, bragging  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An instance of boastful talkplay

Example:

whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("brag" is a kind of...):

boast; boasting; jactitation; self-praise (speaking of yourself in superlatives)

Derivation:

brag (show off)

braggy (exhibiting self-importance)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Exceptionally goodplay

Example:

his brag cornfield

Synonyms:

boss; brag

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

superior (of high or superior quality or performance)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

 III. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they brag  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it brags  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: bragged  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: bragged  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: bragging  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Show offplay

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "brag" is one way to...):

amplify; exaggerate; hyperbolise; hyperbolize; magnify; overdraw; overstate (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "brag"):

puff (speak in a blustering or scornful manner)

crow; gloat; triumph (dwell on with satisfaction)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to somebody

Derivation:

brag (an instance of boastful talk)

braggart; bragger (a very boastful and talkative person)

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