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Gasconade

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Boastfulness; bravado.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Boastful talk.

v. To talk boastfully.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging; braggodocio.

verb-intransitive. To boast; to brag; to bluster.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A boast or boasting; vaunt; bravado; vaunting or boastful talk.

To boast; brag; vaunt; bluster.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. an instance of boastful talk

v. show off

Word Usage

"In fact, the as-yet-unbuilt yacht is so big, it's actually a "Gigayacht", the press release adds, with a touch of gasconade--as though the author of the release said to himself "hang on old chap, megayacht sounds a bit runty", and went one bigger."

Verb Form

gasconaded gasconades gasconading

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

boast self-praise jactitation boasting

Form

gasconaded gasconading

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

vaunt bravado bragging braggodocio boast