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Brag   /bræg/   Listen
verb
Brag  v. t.  To boast of. (Obs.)


Brag  v. i.  (past & past part. bragged; pres. part. bragging)  To talk about one's self, or things pertaining to one's self, in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to talk boastfully; to boast; often followed by of; as, to brag of one's exploits, courage, or money, or of the great things one intends to do. "Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, Brags of his substance, not of ornament."
Synonyms: To swagger; boast; vapor; bluster; vaunt; flourish; talk big.


noun
Brag  n.  
1.
A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or self glorification. "Caesar... made not here his brag Of "came," and "saw," and "overcame.""
2.
The thing which is boasted of. "Beauty is Nature's brag."
3.
A game at cards similar to bluff.


adjective
Brag  adj.  Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited. (Archaic) "A brag young fellow."


adverb
Brag  adv.  Proudly; boastfully. (Obs.)





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"Brag" Quotes from Famous Books



... land. Bryant told 'em that sixteen to one would do the work, and what did they say? Huh, they said he was a fool and didn't know how to figure. I tell you if he was a fool, Solomon was a idiot. Who was the'r brag man up in Yankeedom?—why, Abe Lincoln—an' what did he ever do but set back in the White House and tell smutty jokes, while the rest o' the country was walkin' on its uppers, eatin' hardtack, sweatin' blood, an' spittin' out minnie-balls. That man"—Wrinkle swallowed ...
— Dixie Hart • Will N. Harben
... in the West, madam," said Dave. There was nothing in his voice to suggest that he had caught the note in hers. "Most of our business men—at least, those bred in the country—have thrown a lasso in their day. You should hear them brag of their steer-roping yet in the Ranchmen's Club." Irene's eyes danced. Dave had already turned the tables; where her mother had implied contempt he had set up a note of pride. It was a matter of pride among these square-built, daring Western men ...
— The Cow Puncher • Robert J. C. Stead
... suits them—from those same commandments, that men "must not steal," in the same breath referring to the white man's crime (when it finds them out) as "getting into trouble over some shooting affair with blacks." Truly we British-born have reason to brag of our "inborn ...
— We of the Never-Never • Jeanie "Mrs. Aeneas" Gunn
... Dr. Pill-box and Mr. Sawbones, and a single designing relative? Then he drew a strong picture of this free-born British citizen skulking and hiding at this moment from a gang of rogues and conspirators, who in France and other civilised countries that brag less of liberty than we do, would be themselves flying as criminals from the officers of justice; and he wound up with a warm appeal to the press to cast its shield over the victim of bad laws and foul practices. ...
— Hard Cash • Charles Reade
... all names can tickle the town, Anacreon, Tom Little, Tom Moore, or Tom Brown,—[25] For hang me if I know of which you may most brag, Your Quarto two-pounds, or your Two-penny ...
— The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. - Poetry • George Gordon Byron


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