brag

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To talk with too much pride about what you have or have done.

   He kept bragging about his new car all evening.

2. 2
   noun

   Boastful talk; the act of bragging.

   His constant brag about his grades annoyed everyone.

From Middle English braggen (“to make a loud noise; to speak boastfully”) of uncertain origin. Possibly related to the Middle English adjective brag (“prideful; spirited”), which is probably of Celtic origin; or from Old Norse bragr (“best; foremost; poetry”); or through Old English from Old Norse braka (“to creak”).

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