vapors

verb

present tense third-person singular of vapor
as in boasts
to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess a faded Southern belle tiresomely vaporing about all the handsome beaux she had in her long-ago youth

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  1. boasts
  2. brags
  3. blows
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  • Summary Anthropic's Claude now boasts enhanced integration with Google Workspace, enabling direct interaction with Gmail and Google Drive, alongside expanded mobile access for its Cowork tool, evolving it into a comprehensive AI workplace agent.
    — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Good Good, the popular YouTube golf channel that boasts more than 2 million subscribers, has issued an apology after posting a video ad that included a man shoving a woman to the ground.
    — Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of boasts
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  • For decades that math was simply the cost of doing business in industries nobody brags about owning.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • Kiffin sounds like the employee who left Applebee’s for Chili’s and then brags about the international cuisine.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026
Definition of brags
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  • But first, the premiere settles the audience into a tried and true cop drama with power struggles over jurisdiction, a local militia led by a man with his own agenda, and a suspect who literally blows the case wide open.
    — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The next chance of showers and storms arrives Thursday and lingers through the end of the workweek as much muggier-feeling weather blows back into Maryland.
    — Cutter Martin, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of blows
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“Vapors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vapors. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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