'Bragging' definitions:

Definition of 'bragging'

From: WordNet
adjective
Exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" [syn: boastful, braggart(a), bragging(a), braggy, big, cock-a- hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self- aggrandising]
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]

Definition of 'Bragging'

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]

Synonyms of 'bragging'

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