Definitions for gasconadeˌgæs kəˈneɪd

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

gas•con•adeˌgæs kəˈneɪd(n.; v.)-ad•ed, -ad•ing.

  1. (n.)extravagant boasting; boastful talk.

  2. (v.i.)to boast extravagantly; bluster.

Origin of gasconade:

1700–10; < F gasconnade, der. of gasconner to boast, chatter

Princeton's WordNet

  1. brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade(verb)

    an instance of boastful talk

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

  2. boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade(verb)

    show off

Wiktionary

  1. gasconade(Noun)

    Boastful talk.

  2. gasconade(Verb)

    To talk boastfully.

  3. Origin: From gasconnade.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Gasconade(noun)

    a boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging; braggodocio

  2. Gasconade(verb)

    to boast; to brag; to bluster


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