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brag

(brăg)

v. bragged, brag·ging, brags

v.intr.

To talk or write about oneself in a proud or self-impressed way. See Synonyms at boast ¹.

v.tr.

To say (something about oneself) boastfully.

1. A boast.

2. Arrogant or boastful speech.

3. Games A card game similar to poker.

adj. brag·ger, brag·gest

Exceptionally fine.

[Middle English braggen, from brag, ostentatious.]

brag′ger n.

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brag

(bræɡ)

vb, brags, bragging or bragged

to speak of (one's own achievements, possessions, etc) arrogantly and boastfully

1. boastful talk or behaviour, or an instance of this

2. something boasted of: his brag was his new car.

3. a braggart; boaster

4. (Card Games) a card game: an old form of poker

[C13: of unknown origin]

ˈbragger n

ˈbragging n, adj

ˈbraggingly adv

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brag

(bræg)

v. bragged, brag•ging,
n., adj. v.i.

1. to use boastful language; boast.

v.t.

2. to declare boastfully.

3. a boast or vaunt.

4. a thing to boast of.

5. a boaster.

6. an old English card game similar to poker.

adj.

7. first-rate.

[1350–1400; Middle English brag (n.) ostentation, braggen (v.)]

brag′ger, n.

syn: See boast ¹.

brag

Past participle: bragged
Gerund: bragging

Imperative
brag
brag

Present
I brag
you brag
he/she/it brags
we brag
you brag
they brag

Preterite
I bragged
you bragged
he/she/it bragged
we bragged
you bragged
they bragged

Present Continuous
I am bragging
you are bragging
he/she/it is bragging
we are bragging
you are bragging
they are bragging

Present Perfect
I have bragged
you have bragged
he/she/it has bragged
we have bragged
you have bragged
they have bragged

Past Continuous
I was bragging
you were bragging
he/she/it was bragging
we were bragging
you were bragging
they were bragging

Past Perfect
I had bragged
you had bragged
he/she/it had bragged
we had bragged
you had bragged
they had bragged

Future
I will brag
you will brag
he/she/it will brag
we will brag
you will brag
they will brag

Future Perfect
I will have bragged
you will have bragged
he/she/it will have bragged
we will have bragged
you will have bragged
they will have bragged

Future Continuous
I will be bragging
you will be bragging
he/she/it will be bragging
we will be bragging
you will be bragging
they will be bragging

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been bragging
you have been bragging
he/she/it has been bragging
we have been bragging
you have been bragging
they have been bragging

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been bragging
you will have been bragging
he/she/it will have been bragging
we will have been bragging
you will have been bragging
they will have been bragging

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been bragging
you had been bragging
he/she/it had been bragging
we had been bragging
you had been bragging
they had been bragging

Conditional
I would brag
you would brag
he/she/it would brag
we would brag
you would brag
they would brag

Past Conditional
I would have bragged
you would have bragged
he/she/it would have bragged
we would have bragged
you would have bragged
they would have bragged

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Noun 1. [画像:brag - an instance of boastful talk]brag - an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"

crowing, gasconade, line-shooting, vaporing, bragging, crow

boast, boasting, jactitation, self-praise - speaking of yourself in superlatives

Verb 1. [画像:brag - show off]brag - show off

boast, gasconade, shoot a line, vaunt, tout, gas, bluster, swash, blow

puff - speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man"

exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, amplify, magnify, overdraw - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

crow, gloat, triumph - dwell on with satisfaction

Adj. 1. brag - exceptionally good; "a boss hand at carpentry"; "his brag cornfield"

boss

colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

superior - of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students"

brag

verb boast, crow, swagger, vaunt, bluster, talk big (slang), blow your own trumpet, blow your own horn (U.S. & Canad.) He'll probably go around bragging to his friends.

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brag

verb

To talk with excessive pride:

boast, crow, gasconade, rodomontade, vaunt.

Informal: blow.

noun

1. An act of boasting:

boast, braggadocio, fanfaronade, gasconade, rodomontade, vaunt.

Informal: blow.

2. One given to boasting:

boaster, braggadocio, braggart, bragger, vaunter.

Informal: blowhard.

Slang: blower.

adjective

Exceptionally good of its kind:

ace, banner, blue-ribbon, capital, champion, excellent, fine, first-rate, prime, quality, splendid, superb, superior, terrific, tiptop, top.

Informal: A-one, bully, dandy, great, swell, topflight, topnotch.

Slang: boss.

Chiefly British: tophole.

Translations

تباهىيَتَفاخَر، يَتَباهى

chlubit se

prale

prahlen angeben

καυχησιά

alardear fanfarronear presumir

vanter

gorta

vantarsi millantare

力む自慢する

lielītiesplātīties

бахвалиться козырнуть козырять хвастаться

böbürlenmek övünmek

吹牛夸耀

brag

[bræg]

A. VI → jactarse, fanfarronear (about, of, that de de que)

B. N (= boast) → fanfarronada f, bravata f

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brag

[ˈbræg] vi → se vanter
to brag about sth → se vanter de qch

brag

vi → prahlen, angeben (about, of mit)

vt → prahlen ; to brag that → prahlen, dass, damit angeben, dass

(= boast) → Prahlerei f, → Angeberei f

(inf) = braggart

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brag

[bræg] vt & vi to brag (about/that) → vantarsi (di)

brag

(brӕg) – past tense, past participle bragged – verb

to boast. spog يَتَفاخَر، يَتَباهى хваля се gabar-se chlubit se prahlen prale καυχιέμαι jactarse de, fanfarronear suurustama لاف زدن؛ بالیدن kehuskella vanter לְהִתרַברֵב डींग hvalisanje henceg membual gorta vantarsi 自慢する 자랑하다 girtis lielīties; plātīties berlagak opscheppen skryte przechwalać się لاپی وهل gabar-se a (se) lăuda хвастаться chváliť sa hvaliti se hvalisati se skryta พูดอวดดี övünmek, böbürlenmek 誇耀,吹牛 хвалитися, хвастати ڈینگ مارنا ، خود ستائی khoe khoang 夸耀,吹牛

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