| Brag 1. (v. i.) 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. 2. (v. t.) To boast of. 3. (n.) A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or self glorification. 4. (n.) The thing which is boasted of. 5. (n.) A game at cards similar to bluff. 6. (v. i.) Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited. 7. (adv.) Proudly; boastfully. Thesaurus Entries Captain Bobadil, Gascon, Texan, big mouth, blow, blower, blowhard, bluff, bluster, bluster and bluff, blusterer, boast, boaster, boastfulness, boasting, bombast, bounce, braggadocio, braggart, braggartism, bragging, bravado, bully, cock-a-doodle-doo, conceit, crow, draw the longbow, fanfaron, fanfaronade, flourish, gasbag, gasconade, gasconader, gasconism, hector, heroics, hot-air artist, intimidate, jactation, jactitation, miles gloriosus, mouth, out-herod Herod, prate, puff, rage, rant, rave, rodomontade, roister, rollick, show off, side, slang, speak for Buncombe, splutter, sputter, storm, strut, swagger, swashbuckle, talk big, trumpet, vanity, vapor, vaunt, vauntery, vaunting, windbag, windjammer, windy |