To threaten; utter a threat.To brag; vaunt; speak vaingloriously or exaggeratedly, as of one's own worth, property, deeds, etc.To glory or exult on account (of); speak with laudable pride.To be possessed, as of something remarkable or admirable: often used jocosely.Synonyms To bluster (about), vapor, crow (about a thing, or over a person), swell, talk big, put on airs.To brag of; speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation: as, to boast what arms can do.To glory or exult in possessing; have as a source of pride: often in a jocose sense: as, the village boasts a public pump.To magnify or exalt; make over-confident; vaunt: with a reflexive pronoun.n. Clamor; outcry.n. Threatening; menace.n. Brag; vaunting; language expressive of ostentation, pride, or vanity.n. A cause of boasting; occasion of pride, vanity, or laudable exultation: as, Shakspere, the boast of English literature.n. Synonyms Vaunt, brag. See boasting.In masonry, to dress off the surface of a stone with a broad chisel and mallet.In sculpture, to reduce ornaments or other work to their general contour or form, preparatory to working out the details.n. In tennis, a stroke by which the ball is driven against the wall of a court at an acute angle. The rubbing against the wall makes the ball spin.