'Brag' definitions:

Definition of 'brag'

From: WordNet
adjective
Exceptionally good; "a boss hand at carpentry"; "his brag cornfield" [syn: boss, brag]
noun
An instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade" [syn: brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade]
verb
Show off [syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade]

Definition of 'Brag'

From: GCIDE
  • Brag \Brag\, v. t. To boast of. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Brag'

From: GCIDE
  • Brag \Brag\, n.
  • 1. A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or self glorification. [1913 Webster]
  • C[ae]sar . . . made not here his brag Of "came," and "saw," and "overcame." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The thing which is boasted of. [1913 Webster]
  • Beauty is Nature's brag. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A game at cards similar to bluff. --Chesterfield. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Brag'

From: GCIDE
  • Brag \Brag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bragged; p. pr. & vb. n. Bragging.] [OE. braggen to resound, blow, boast (cf. F. braguer to lead a merry life, flaunt, boast, OF. brague merriment), from Icel. braka to creak, brak noise, fr. the same root as E. break; properly then, to make a noise, boast. ?95.] To talk about one's self, or things pertaining to one's self, in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to talk boastfully; to boast; -- often followed by of; as, to brag of one's exploits, courage, or money, or of the great things one intends to do. [1913 Webster]
  • Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, Brags of his substance, not of ornament. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To swagger; boast; vapor; bluster; vaunt; flourish; talk big. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Brag'

From: GCIDE
  • Brag \Brag\, a. [See Brag, v. i.] Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
  • A brag young fellow. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Brag'

From: GCIDE
  • Brag \Brag\, adv. Proudly; boastfully. [Obs.] --Fuller. [1913 Webster]