Definition of gasconade Gasconade
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We found 11 definitions of gasconade from 7 different sources.
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What does gasconade mean?
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Noun |
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| gasconade - an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade" | ||
| brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting | ||
| boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation speaking of yourself in superlatives | ||
Verb |
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| gasconade - show off | ||
| boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt | ||
| hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, magnify, amplify to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" | ||
| puff blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain" | ||
| gloat, crow, triumph dwell on with satisfaction | ||
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Wiktionary 
- gasconade (Noun)
Boastful talk. - gasconade (Verb)
To talk boastfully.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- gasconade (n.)
A boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging; braggodocio. - gasconade (v. i.)
To boast; to brag; to bluster.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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gasconade
To show off. -
gasconade
An instance of boastful talk.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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gasconade
gas-ko-nād′, n. boasting talk.—ns. Gas′con, a native of Gascony; Gas′conism. [Fr.,—Gascon, from their proverbial boastfulness.]
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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gasconade
To boast; to brag; to vaunt; to bluster. The term was originally derived from the Gascons, or people of Gascony, in France, who it seems have been particularly distinguished for extravagant stories.
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🔤- gasconade, verb, present, 1st person singular of gasconade (infinitive).
- gasconade, verb (infinitive).
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