Brag Definition
brăg
bragged, bragger, braggest, bragging, brags
verb
bragged, bragging, brags
To talk or write about oneself in a proud or self-impressed way.
American Heritage
To boast (about) in a showy way.
Webster's New World
To say (something about oneself) boastfully.
American Heritage
(intransitive) 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.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
noun
brags
Anything boasted of; boast.
Webster's New World
Boastful talk or manner.
Webster's New World
A braggart.
Webster's New World
An old card game, much like poker.
Webster's New World
A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- vaunt
- swashbuckler
- self-glorification
- rodomontade
- puffer
- loudmouth
- gasconade braggadocio
- bravado
- braggart
- braggadocio
- fanfaron
- bragger
- vaporing
- boasting
- boaster
adjective
bragger, braggest
Exceptionally fine.
American Heritage
Spirited.
Webster's New World
Boastful.
Webster's New World
First-rate; excellent.
Webster's New World
(archaic) Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.
A brag young fellow.
Wiktionary
adverb
(obsolete) Proudly; boastfully.
Wiktionary
Origin of Brag
Mid-14th c. Middle English braggen (“to make a loud noise; to speak boastfully”) of unknown origin. Possibly related to the early-14th c. Middle English adjective brag (“prideful, spirited”), probably from Celtic; or Old Norse bragr (“best, foremost; poetry”); or through Old English from Old Norse braka (“to creak”).
From Wiktionary
Middle English braggen from brag ostentatious
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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