brag

noun

\ ˈbrag

Definition of brag

(Entry 1 of 3)

1 : a pompous or boastful statement

2 : arrogant talk or manner : cockiness

3 : braggart

brag

verb

bragged; bragging

Definition of brag (Entry 2 of 3)

intransitive verb

: to talk boastfully always bragging about his success

transitive verb

: to assert boastfully bragged that she was the faster runner on her team

brag

adjective

bragger; braggest

Definition of brag (Entry 3 of 3)

: first-rate

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Verb

boast, brag, vaunt, crow mean to express pride in oneself or one's accomplishments. boast often suggests ostentation and exaggeration boasts of every trivial success , but it may imply a claiming with proper and justifiable pride. the town boasts one of the best museums in the area brag suggests crudity and artlessness in glorifying oneself. bragging of their exploits vaunt usually connotes more pomp and bombast than boast and less crudity or naïveté than brag. vaunted his country's military might crow usually implies exultant boasting or bragging. crowed after winning the championship

Examples of brag in a Sentence

Noun

for all his brag about diving, he actually does very little he's an irritating brag whose sense of selfhood is defined by what he owns

Verb

After winning the race, she couldn't stop bragging. “I don't mean to brag,” he said, “but I'm an excellent cook.” He bragged that his daughter was the best student in her class. “I'm the fastest runner on the team,” she bragged.

Adjective

he did a really brag job on restoring that classic car

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

This morning, Nintendo sent out one of its periodic brag-heavy business press releases, this time focusing on a strong start to the US holiday shopping season. — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, "Putting Nintendo Switch’s 8.2 million US Switch sales in context," 28 Nov. 2018 Maybe tweet a brag about the savings on your energy bills after a month of shorter showers and lukewarm laundry. — The Seattle Times, "Little changes can make a big difference in climate change," 24 Sep. 2018 The idyllic set up of their luxury camping spot gave fans a sneak peek into their private vacation, along with the perfect humble brag hashtag of #Magical. — Lucy Wood, Marie Claire, "Nick Jonas Took Priyanka Chopra on His Favorite Getaway for a "Magical" Trip to the Mountains," 3 Sep. 2018 Welcome to the club And the Oscar for best humble brag goes to … the new class of academy members. — Christina Schoellkopf, latimes.com, "Hashtag Highlights: DiCaprio's tease, Drake's surprise," 29 June 2018 Now, poachers covet the meat, which is illegally and surreptitiously chopped, fried, and plated at private restaurants, primarily for tourists seeking a brag-worthy culinary exploit. — Shanna Baker, Smithsonian, "The Quest to Preserve the Last of Castro’s Crocodiles," 21 June 2018 And who doesn't want an opportunity to brow-brag, right? — Sable Yong, Allure, "I Tried Maybelline New York's Tattoo Studio Brow Pen and It's Like Training Wheels for Microblading," 20 June 2018 While ostensibly no book reviewers have taken to social media to galley-brag, Marlon is apparently very excited to read the book. — Amanda Arnold, The Cut, "Mother and Daughter Going on Tour for Children’s Book," 1 Mar. 2018 Onfroy has a history of violence, memorialized both in court records and his own brags. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, "The Unsettling Familiarity of XXXTentacion," 26 Mar. 2018

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb

An informant working with investigators later used a hidden camera to capture Martinez bragging about the slaying. — Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, "MS-13 member who killed 15-year-old in Chelsea should serve 30 years in prison, lawyer says," 14 May 2018 Number disclosure is considered as gauche as bragging about your massive pay increase for doing the exact same job as your coworker. — Sloane Crosley, The Cut, "The Doctor Is a Woman," 26 Mar. 2018 Although Izvestia brags that the MiG-31s will be able to reach the North Pole in half an hour, that is no longer the case. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Russia Resumes Fighter Patrols Over the North Pole," 6 Feb. 2019 Trump also bragged to the crowd about moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. — Adam K. Raymond, Daily Intelligencer, "Report: Trump Bragged to Wealthy Donors About Classified Syria Battle," 30 May 2018 Later in his timeline, William, feeling very proud of himself, brags about his creation to Dolores. — refinery29.com, "Unraveling The Puzzle That Is The Valley Beyond Of Westworld," 30 Apr. 2018 Though the Miami Heat is not among those four (Golden State, San Antonio, Houston and Denver) there is something we here on South Beach can brag about. — Manny Navarro, miamiherald, "Dwyane Wade, Heat set to host old friend LeBron James with storylines abound | Miami Herald," 26 Mar. 2018 Take a look: These two are nothing if not publicly supportive of each other's career accomplishments, as Chopra bragged about her husband's milestone in a previous post: The car, a 2019 Mercedes Maybach S650, starts selling at $170,750. — Abby Gardner, Glamour, "Nick Jonas Gave Priyanka Chopra a $170,750 Car Because His Song Went Number One," 13 Mar. 2019 In this world politicians are desperate to expand the tax base and brag about creating jobs. — Peggy Noonan, WSJ, "Welcome to New York, Amazon—Now Go Home," 21 Feb. 2019

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