brag

 
Pronunciation: /brag/

verb (brags, bragging, bragged)

[reporting verb]
  • say something in a boastful manner: [with clause]: he bragged that he was sure of victory [no object]: they were bragging about how easy it had been

noun

  • 1 [mass noun] a gambling card game which is a simplified form of poker: games of pontoon, brag, and poker
  • 2a boastful statement: he was not the kind of man to make a brag

adjective

[attributive] US informal
  • excellent; first-rate: that was my brag heifer

Derivatives

bragger

noun

bragging

noun & adjective

braggingly

adverb

Origin:

Middle English (as an adjective in the sense 'boastful'): of unknown origin (French braguer is recorded only later)