1
[ verb ] show off

Used in print

(Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)

Among my school and neighborhood friends , during the next months , I bragged and swaggered and pompously described my impending date .

2
[ adjective ] (informal) exceptionally good

Synonyms

boss

Examples

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

Related terms

colloquialism superior

3
[ noun ] an instance of boastful talk

Examples

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

Related terms

boast boast gloat

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