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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That class was, at the time, the highest rated in the history of 247Sports and boasted a ludicrous eight five-star signees.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026 -
The one reliable starter the Giants had boasted this season — Landen Roupp — allowed eight earned runs on Monday.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
2 June 2026
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Andrew openly discussed bribing law-enforcement officials in War Room chats, and bragged on social media about his connections.—
Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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The center bragged for months about robust private donations, but Floca said in a court filing this spring that the number was in the tens of millions, not more than $100 million.—
Janay Kingsberry,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2026
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“Gasconaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gasconaded. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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