brag

Meanings

Noun

• A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification.
• The thing which is boasted of.
• The card game three card brag.

Verb

• To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to popularize oneself.
• To boast of something.

Adjective

• Excellent; first-rate.
• Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.

Adverb

• proudly; boastfully

Related

Similar words

• boast

Narrower meaning words

• brag on

Origin

• From Middle English braggen ("to make a loud noise; to speak boastfully") of unknown origin. Possibly related to the Middle English adjective brag, which is probably of Celtic origin; or from Old Norse bragr ("best; foremost; poetry"); or through Old English from Old Norse braka ("to creak").