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.