Definition of brag Brag

/bɹæˈg/ - [bratg] - brag

We found 21 definitions of brag from 7 different sources.

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What does brag mean?

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WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: brags

brag - an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"
  bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade
  boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation speaking of yourself in superlatives
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • brag (Noun)
    A boast, a loud appraisal of oneself.
  • brag (Noun)
    The card game three card brag .
  • brag (Verb)
    To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, can do, or has done.
  • brag (Adverb)
    proudly; boastfully.
  • brag (Adjective)
    First-rate.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • brag (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.
  • brag (v. t.)
    To boast of.
  • brag (n.)
    A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or self glorification.
  • brag (n.)
    The thing which is boasted of.
  • brag (n.)
    A game at cards similar to bluff.
  • brag (v. i.)
    Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.
  • brag (adv.)
    Proudly; boastfully.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • brag
    To show off.
  • brag
    Unusually fine; first-rate.
  • brag
    An instance of boastful talk.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • brag
    brag, v.i. to boast or bluster:—pr.p. brag′ging; pa.p. bragged.—n. a boast or boasting: the thing boasted of: a game at cards, very like poker.—adj. Brag′ging.—advs. Brag′gingly, Brag′ly (Spens.). [Most prob. Celt.; cf. W. bragio, to boast; Ir. bragaim. The Fr. braguer, to brag, and bragard, a braggart, are not the parents of the Eng. word.]

Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗

  • brag
    Brag's a good dog, but Holdfast is a better.
  • brag
    Brag's a good dog, but that he hath lost his tail.
  • brag
    Brag's a good dog if he be well set on; but he dare not bite.

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  • brag, verb, present, 1st person singular of brag (infinitive).
  • brag, verb (infinitive).
  • brag, noun, singular of brags.
  • brag, adjective.

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