Definitions for brag
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconadeadjective

   an instance of boastful talk

   "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"

2. boss, bragverb

   exceptionally good

   "a boss hand at carpentry"; "his brag cornfield"

3. boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconadeverb

   show off

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bragnoun

   A boast, a loud appraisal of oneself.

2. bragnoun

   The card game three card brag.

3. bragverb

   To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, can do, or has done.

4. bragadjective

   First-rate.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bragnoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. A boast; a proud expression.

   A kind of conquest
   Cæsar made here; but made not here his brag
   Of came, and saw, and overcame. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   It was such a new thing for the Spaniards to receive so little hurt, upon dealing with the English, as Avellaneda made great brags of it, for no greater matter than the waiting upon the English afar off. Francis Bacon, War with Spain.

   2. The thing boasted.

   Beauty is nature’s brag, and must be shewn
   In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities,
   Where most may wonder. John Milton.

2. To BRAGverb

   Etymology: braggeren, Dutch.

   1. To boast; to display ostentatiously; to tell boastful stories.

   Thou coward! art thou bragging to the stars?
   Telling the bushes that thou look’st for wars,
   And wilt not come? William Shakespeare, Midsum. Night’s Dream.

   Mark me, with what violence she first loved the Moor, but for bragging, and telling her fantastical lies. William Shakespeare, Othello.

   In bragging out some of their private tenets, as if they were the received established doctrine of the church of England. Robert Sanderson, Pax Ecclesiæ.

   The rebels were grown so strong there, that they intended then, as they already bragged, to come over, and make this the seat of war. Edward Hyde.

   Mrs. Bull’s condition was looked upon as desperate by all the men of art; but there were those that bragged they had an infallible ointment. John Arbuthnot, Hist. of J. Bull.

   2. It has of before the thing boasted.

   Knowledge being the only thing whereof we poor old men can brag, we cannot make it known but by utterance. Philip Sidney.

   Verona brags of him,
   To be a virtuous and well govern’d youth. William Shakespeare.

   Ev’ry busy little scribbler now,
   Swells with the praises which he gives himself,
   And taking sanctuary in the croud,
   Brags of his impudence, and scorns to mend. Wentworth Dillon.

   3. On is used, but improperly.

   Yet lo! in me what authors have to, brag on,
   Reduc’d at last to hiss in my own dragon. Alexander Pope, Dunciad.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. brag

   To brag means to speak with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities. It is often perceived as boastful or conceited behavior.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bragverb

   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

2. Bragverb

   to boast of

3. Bragnoun

   a boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or self glorification

4. Bragnoun

   the thing which is boasted of

5. Bragnoun

   a game at cards similar to bluff

6. Bragverb

   brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited

7. Bragadverb

   proudly; boastfully

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1. Brag

   A brag is a creature from the folklore of Northumberland and Durham that usually takes the form of a horse or donkey. It is fond of tricking unwary wayfarers into riding on its back before throwing the rider into a pool of water or bush before running off laughing, much like the Bäckahästen or kelpie. The brag is also said to have appeared as a calf with a neckerchief, a naked headless man and even four men carrying a sheet. Some well-known brags are said to live at Picktree and Humbleknowe. There is also another similar shape-shifter in Northumbrian folklore, the Hedley Kow.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Brag

   brag, v.i. to boast or bluster:—pr.p. brag′ging; pa.p. bragged.—n. a boast or boasting: the thing boasted of: a game at cards, very like poker.—adj. Brag′ging.—advs. Brag′gingly, Brag′ly (Spens.). [Most prob. Celt.; cf. W. bragio, to boast; Ir. bragaim. The Fr. braguer, to brag, and bragard, a braggart, are not the parents of the Eng. word.]

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1. BRAG

   What does BRAG stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the BRAG acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Anagrams for brag »

1. garb

2. grab

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of brag in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of brag in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of brag in a Sentence

1. Eric Fehrstrom:

   One of the reasons you don't brag about your standing in the polls is because when it goes down, you look silly attacking the polls you were praising not so long ago, you actually sound stronger when you're the poll leader if you dismiss those polls.

2. Christine Weston Chandler:

   Pondering it further, this suppression that gets instilled upon us at the Numbered Age Date, and those of us who missed out on being amongst the popular ones who honestly were able to brag about, I made out with Jeremy under the bleachers during the big game against Milwaukee,

3. Morris Chang:

   The distance between us will be about the same in 5-10 years. If I wanted to brag, I'd say the distance will be longer.

4. Pinpointing Trump:

   I'm really rich, i have total net worth of $ 8.73 billion. I'm not doing that to brag. I'm doing that to show that's the kind of thinking our country needs.

5. Gloria Steinem:

   If men menstruated, they would brag about how much and for how long.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=brag
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Brag
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=brag
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brag
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=brag
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=brag