Dictionary Definition
Verb
2 wear or display in an ostentatious or proud
manner; "she was sporting a new hat" [syn: sport, feature]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -əʊst
Noun
Translations
a brag
a shot
Verb
Translations
to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
- Czech: chlubit se
- Dutch: zich bogen
- Ewe: ƒo aɖegbe
- Finnish: kerskailla (jollakin) , kerskua (jostakin) ,rehennellä , leuhkia
- French: vanter
- Hebrew: להתרברב (le'hitravrev), להתפאר (le'hitpa'er)
- Italian: vantarsi
- Old English: ġelpan
- Portuguese: ostentar
- Russian: хвастаться
- Spanish: ostentar
- Swedish: skryta , skrävla
Derived terms
Extensive Definition
- Symbel, the Germanic custom of ritual drinking
- Self-esteem
- Hubris
- human (primate) display and mating behaviour
- Dominance (biology)
- Alpha male
- Tall tale
- One-upmanship
- Windbag the Sailor
- Self-promotion
- Puffery
- Conceit
See also
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
aggrandize, be enfeoffed of,
be possessed of, be seized of, blow, bluster, boastfulness, boasting, bombast, bounce, brag, braggadocio, braggartism, bragging, bravado, bully, catch, claim, cock-a-doodle-doo, command, conceit, crow, diamond, draw the longbow,
ego-trip, enjoy, exalt, fanfaronade, fill, find, fish for compliments,
flaunt, flourish, gasconade, gasconism, gem, glory, godsend, good thing, gush, have, have and hold, have in hand,
have no self-doubt, have tenure of, heroics, hold, jactation, jactitation, jewel, know it all, mouth, occupy, parade, pearl, pique, plum, plume, possess, prate, preen, pride, pride and joy, prize, puff, quack, rodomontade, ruffle, show off, side, speak for Buncombe, squat, squat on, swagger, swash, swashbuckle, talk big,
treasure, triumph, trophy, trouvaille, usucapt, vanity, vapor, vaunt, vauntery, vaunting, windfall, winner