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 Phillies boasted a 96-66 record this season, the second-best in baseball, but were still unable to make it past the Dodgers in the playoffs.—
Shaun McAvoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
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In four of the first six games, the opponents have boasted better receivers, tight ends and running backs.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
13 Oct. 2025
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The Broncos' defense looks like the unit that every member of that unit has bragged about to every reporter that came through Denver.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
12 Oct. 2025
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Loyd, Jackie Young and Chelsea Gray all bragged to Hammon on the championship podium that their plants are still alive — and ran with the metaphor all season of being planted, not buried.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Gasconaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gasconaded. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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