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brag

  [brag]  Show IPA verb, bragged, brag·ging, noun, adjective
verb (used without object)
1.
to use boastful language; boast: He bragged endlessly about his high score.
verb (used with object)
2.
to boast of: He bragged that he had won.
noun
3.
a boast or vaunt.
4.
a thing to boast of.
5.
a boaster.
6.
an old English card game similar to poker.
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adjective
7.
Archaic. unusually fine; first-rate.
Origin: 
1350–1400; Middle English brag  (noun) ostentation, arrogance, braggen  (v.); of obscure origin

Related forms
brag·ging·ly, adverb
brag·less, adjective
out·brag, verb (used with object), out·bragged, out·brag·ging.
o·ver·brag, verb, o·ver·bragged, o·ver·brag·ging.
un·brag·ging, adjective

Synonyms 
1. See boast1 .

Antonyms 
2. depreciate.
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World English Dictionary
brag  (bræɡ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
— vb  , brags , bragging , bragged
1.to speak of (one's own achievements, possessions, etc) arrogantly and boastfully
 
— n
2.boastful talk or behaviour, or an instance of this
3.something boasted of: his brag was his new car
4.a braggart; boaster
5.a card game: an old form of poker
 
[C13: of unknown origin]
 
'bragger
 
— n
 
'bragging
 
— n , — adj
 
'braggingly
 
— adv
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Word Origin & History

brag 
mid-14c., braggen, origin obscure, perhaps related to bray of a trumpet. Other sources suggest O.N. bragr"the best, the toast (of anything)," also "poetry."
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