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brag
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Brag
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brag
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bræg
/
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verb,
bragged,
brag·ging,
noun,
adjective
verb (used without object)
1.
to use boastful
language
; boast:
He bragged endlessly about his high score.
verb (used with object)
2.
to boast of:
He bragged that he had won.
noun
3.
a boast or vaunt.
4.
a thing to boast of.
5.
a boaster.
6.
an old English card game similar to poker.
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adjective
7.
Archaic.
unusually fine; first-rate.
Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
brag
(noun) ostentation, arrogance,
braggen
(v.); of obscure origin
Related forms
brag·ging·ly,
adverb
brag·less,
adjective
out·brag,
verb (used with object),
out·bragged,
out·brag·ging.
o·ver·brag,
verb,
o·ver·bragged,
o·ver·brag·ging.
un·brag·ging,
adjective
Synonyms
1.
See
boast
1
.
Antonyms
2.
depreciate.
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brag
(bræɡ)
—
vb
,
brags
,
bragging
,
bragged
1.
to speak of (one's own achievements, possessions, etc) arrogantly and boastfully
—
n
2.
boastful talk or behaviour, or an instance of this
3.
something boasted of:
his brag was his new car
4.
a braggart; boaster
5.
a card game: an old form of poker
[C13: of unknown origin]
'bragger
—
n
'bragging
—
n
, —
adj
'braggingly
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
brag
mid-14c., braggen, origin obscure, perhaps related to bray of a trumpet. Other sources suggest O.N. bragr "the best, the toast (of anything)," also "poetry."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
She says that celebrities will
brag
to each other about how little they pay
their nannies.
They will
brag
about such acts, but they are simply a cost of doing business,
not an instance of corporate altruism.
People will give up some income if they can
brag
to others about where they
work.
He's the sort to invite everyone over so he can
brag
about his new satellite
dish or his array of spatulas and tongs.
Similarly, those who can
brag
that their gold is clean and their diamonds bloodless can pull moral rank on those who cannot.
Finally, you will return to quarters and
brag
about how you battled the big one and won.
She said her friend became increasingly status-conscious and would
brag
about home improvements.
But any temptation to
brag
about successes should quickly be tempered by humility over two things.
Today it has become known worldwide and a record is really something special to
brag
about.
Something that they'd want to
brag
to their friends about doing and trust me.
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