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Definition of 'brag'English
Verb
To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, can do, or has done.
- to brag of one's exploits, courage, or money
* Shakespeare
- Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, / Brags of his substance, not of ornament.
To boast of.
*Shakespeare
- Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade
Synonyms
* boast
Derived terms
* braggart
* bragging rights
* humblebrag
Noun
( en-noun)
A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification.
* Shakespeare
- Caesar made not here his brag / Of "came", and "saw", and "overcame".
The thing which is boasted of.
* Milton
- Beauty is Nature's brag .
(by ellipsis) The card game three card brag.
- (Chesterfield)
Adjective
( bragger)
First-rate.
(archaic) Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.
* Ben Jonson
- a brag young fellow
Adverb
( en-adv)
(obsolete) proudly; boastfully
- (Fuller)
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