as in boasted
to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess
the Baron Münchhausen was so notorious for gasconading about his purported exploits as soldier and hunter that his name has become synonymous with the telling of tall tales
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The head coach has always boasted about being able to pick two national team rosters, such is the depth of the talent pool in the United States.—
Asif Burhan,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025 -
By December 1871, the number of detainees in South Carolina had doubled and prosecutors boasted about having secured 49 guilty pleas.—
Brittany Friedman / Made by History,
TIME,
6 Jan. 2025
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What is not consistent with Kraft’s narrative is the notion that Carter bragged about the shuttle to Brezhnev and then felt compelled to follow through with the shuttle’s development for this reason.—
Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
30 Dec. 2024
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Years later, General Michael Hagee, who was the commandant of the Marine Corps at the time of the shootings, bragged to an oral historian that the press still hadn’t got hold of graphic photos of the killings’ aftermath.—
Parker Yesko,
The New Yorker,
18 Dec. 2024
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“Gasconaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gasconaded. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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