Bragging - English meaning

verb

Talk in a loud, aggressive, or indignant way with little effect.

Usage examples:

You threaten and bluster, but won't carry it through

noun

Loud, aggressive, or indignant talk with little effect.

Usage examples:

Their threats contained a measure of bluster

verb

Talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities.

Usage examples:

She boasted about her many conquests

noun

An act of talking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction.

Usage examples:

I said i would win and it wasn't an idle boast

noun

(in squash) a stroke in which the ball is made to hit one of the side walls before hitting the front wall.

Usage examples:

His favourite ploy was a backhand boast pulling beachill to the front right corner and whatever bea…

noun

A large bird with mostly glossy black plumage, a heavy bill, and a raucous voice.

Usage examples:

He said the proliferation of corvids birds like grey crows, magpies and rooks could be directly lin…

verb

(of a cock) utter its characteristic loud cry.

Usage examples:

She was awakened in the mornings by cocks crowing

noun

The cry of a cock.

Usage examples:

Beware of the bark of a dog or crow of a cock at night, for they signify death.

verb

Dwell on one's own success or another's misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure.

Usage examples:

His enemies gloated over his death

noun

An act of gloating.

Usage examples:

I would join her for a good gloat

verb

To feel or show much pleasure because of your own success or good luck, or because of someone else’s misfortune

Usage examples:

You may have won, but don’t gloat about it.

abbreviation

(giving position or direction) left.

Usage examples:

L to r: gordon, anthony, and mark

noun

The twelfth letter of the alphabet.

noun

A metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of water under standard conditions, now equal to 1,000 cubic centimetres (about 1.75 pints).

Usage examples:

A litre bottle of wine

idiom

Display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously

phrasal verb

Display someone or something that is a source of pride.

Usage examples:

Her jeans were tight-fitting, showing off her compact figure

phrasal verb

Boastfully display one's abilities or accomplishments.

Usage examples:

He was showing off, trying to make a really big impression

verb

Walk or behave in a very confident and arrogant or self-important way.

Usage examples:

He swaggered along the corridor

noun

A very confident and arrogant or self-important gait or manner.

Usage examples:

They strolled around the camp with an exaggerated swagger

adjective

Denoting a coat or jacket cut with a loose flare from the shoulders.

verb

Display one's wealth, knowledge, or achievements in a way that is intended to impress others.

Usage examples:

He was swanking about, playing the dashing young master spy

noun

Behaviour, talk, or display intended to impress others.

Usage examples:

A little money will buy you a good deal of swank

adjective

Stylishly luxurious and expensive.

Usage examples:

They were photographed coming out of some swank nightclub