gasconade
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.gas·co·nade
noun \ˌgas-kə-ˈnād\Definition of GASCONADE
Examples of GASCONADE
- <if you believe the gasconade of his memoirs, he pretty much won World War II on his own>
Origin of GASCONADE
French gasconnade, from gasconner to boast, from gascon Gascon, boaster
First Known Use: 1709
Related to GASCONADE
- Synonyms
- bluster, brag, braggadocio, bull [slang], cockalorum, fanfaronade, gas, bombast, grandiloquence, hot air, magniloquence, rant, rodomontade (also rhodomontade)
Rhymes with GASCONADE
accolade, Adelaide, ambuscade, aquacade, balustrade, barricade, cable-laid, cannonade, carronade, cavalcade, centigrade, chambermaid, chiffonade, colonnade, countertrade, custom-made, dairymaid, defilade, enfilade, escalade, escapade, esplanade, everglade, foreign aid, fusillade, gallopade, grant-in-aid, hawser-laid, hearing aid, intergrade, legal aid, lemonade, marinade, marmalade, masquerade, meter maid, motorcade, orangeade, orthograde, overtrade, palisade, panty raid, pasquinade, plantigrade, promenade, ready-made, renegade, retrograde, serenade, stock-in-trade, tailor-made, underlaid, visual aid
Gas·co·nade
geographical name \ˌgas-kə-ˈnād\Definition of GASCONADE
river 265 miles (426 kilometers) S cen Missouri flowing NE into Missouri River
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