Definitions
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- v. Present participle of boast.
- n. The making of boasts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. The act of glorying or vaunting; vainglorious speaking; ostentatious display.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A glorying or vaunting; boastful or ostentatious words; bragging language.
- n. Synonyms Brag, bravado, bluster, swagger, swaggering, vainglory, rodomontade, parade, vaporing, rant.
- n. In masonry, the process of dressing the surface of a stone with a broad chisel and mallet.
- n. In sculpture and carving, the act of cutting a stone roughly with a boasting-chisel, so as to give it the general contour of a statue or an ornament. Also called scabbling.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. speaking of yourself in superlatives
Etymologies
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Examples
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Fresh from the garden it might have been once, but then it was preserved, processed, packaged, plastered with a label boasting how fresh it is then finally sent to wait for you in your supermarket.
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He also bankrolled Tennessee’s popular annual music festival, Bonnaroo, and cofounded ATO Records, a label boasting My Morning Jacket, David Gray, and Liz Phair.
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You get a modest pre-game overview with quotes from players and fans, stats for each quarter, the post-win boasting, the press conference interviews for each game and final trophy ceremony.
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I apologized if I missed the humor in boasting about being unemployed and taking psych courses.
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I know the rank and file believe the boasting from the front office that they are going to win so many seats this fall they will win back Congress, but I tell you, I just don't see it.
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It's discouraging to see how many "book people" (at least one assumes that's what they consider themselves to be) take pride in boasting their scorn for a magnificent novel.
Well, it's not like there's an election or financial crisis or anything.
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Newmania said ... anon they probably work for the state which as the New Statesman was proudly boasting is better paid than its private opposite numbers now.
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Or consider renting one for the day at any sporting-good store (watch for signs boasting "fiets," the Dutch word for bike).
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Newton elected to write his already difficult Principia Mathematica in Latin, boasting that this would make it even less accessible to the vulgar.
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Kaysar is playing the classic loser game in boasting about his pride and dignity after appearing on a reality show and losing it TWICE.
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