Boasting

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  • v. Present participle of boast.
  • n. The making of boasts.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of glorying or vaunting; vainglorious speaking; ostentatious display.
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. speaking of yourself in superlatives
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    speech act   
    Cross Reference
    bombast   
    Hyponym
    rhodomontade    gasconade    rodomontade    crow    vaunt    bragging    vaporing    line-shooting    brag    bluster   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Verb Stem
    boast   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    coasting    hosting    posting    roasting    toasting