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gas·con·ade
(găs′kə-nād′)n.
Boastfulness; bravado.
[French gasconnade, from Gascon, Gascon; see Gascon.]
gas′con·ade′ v.
gas′con·ad′er n.
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gasconade
(ˌɡæskəˈneɪd)n
boastful talk, bragging, or bluster
vb
(intr) to boast, brag, or bluster
[C18: from French gasconnade, from gasconner to chatter, boast like a Gascon]
ˌgasconˈader n
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gas•con•ade
(ˌgæs kəˈneɪd)n., v. -ad•ed, -ad•ing. n.
1. extravagant boasting; boastful talk.
v.i. 2. to boast extravagantly; bluster.
[1700–10; < French gasconnade, derivative of gasconner to boast, chatter]
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gasconade
Past participle: gasconaded
Gerund: gasconading
| Imperative |
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| gasconade |
| gasconade |
| Present |
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| I gasconade |
| you gasconade |
| he/she/it gasconades |
| we gasconade |
| you gasconade |
| they gasconade |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I gasconaded |
| you gasconaded |
| he/she/it gasconaded |
| we gasconaded |
| you gasconaded |
| they gasconaded |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am gasconading |
| you are gasconading |
| he/she/it is gasconading |
| we are gasconading |
| you are gasconading |
| they are gasconading |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have gasconaded |
| you have gasconaded |
| he/she/it has gasconaded |
| we have gasconaded |
| you have gasconaded |
| they have gasconaded |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was gasconading |
| you were gasconading |
| he/she/it was gasconading |
| we were gasconading |
| you were gasconading |
| they were gasconading |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had gasconaded |
| you had gasconaded |
| he/she/it had gasconaded |
| we had gasconaded |
| you had gasconaded |
| they had gasconaded |
| Future |
|---|
| I will gasconade |
| you will gasconade |
| he/she/it will gasconade |
| we will gasconade |
| you will gasconade |
| they will gasconade |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have gasconaded |
| you will have gasconaded |
| he/she/it will have gasconaded |
| we will have gasconaded |
| you will have gasconaded |
| they will have gasconaded |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be gasconading |
| you will be gasconading |
| he/she/it will be gasconading |
| we will be gasconading |
| you will be gasconading |
| they will be gasconading |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been gasconading |
| you have been gasconading |
| he/she/it has been gasconading |
| we have been gasconading |
| you have been gasconading |
| they have been gasconading |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been gasconading |
| you will have been gasconading |
| he/she/it will have been gasconading |
| we will have been gasconading |
| you will have been gasconading |
| they will have been gasconading |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been gasconading |
| you had been gasconading |
| he/she/it had been gasconading |
| we had been gasconading |
| you had been gasconading |
| they had been gasconading |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would gasconade |
| you would gasconade |
| he/she/it would gasconade |
| we would gasconade |
| you would gasconade |
| they would gasconade |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have gasconaded |
| you would have gasconaded |
| he/she/it would have gasconaded |
| we would have gasconaded |
| you would have gasconaded |
| they would have gasconaded |
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Noun 1. [画像:gasconade - an instance of boastful talk]gasconade - an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"
Verb 1. [画像:gasconade - show off]gasconade - show off
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"
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gasconade
nounAn act of boasting:
Informal: blow.
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