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bragn.1

Brit. /braɡ/, U.S. /bræɡ/
Forms: Also Middle English–1700s bragg(e, 1500s braggue.
Etymology: The etymology of brag n.1, brag v., brag adj. and adv., and their mutual relations are uncertain. There are several related words in 16th cent. French, braguer ‘to flaunt, brave, brag’, bragueur, braguerie; bragard ‘gay, gallant, braggard, braggadochio-like’, bragarder ‘to brave it, to brag, vaunt’, bragardise, etc. (all in Cotgrave); but as these appear so late, while some of the English words go back to 1300, the latter cannot be referred to a French origin (though the later braggart and braggery may). The words are not in other Romanic languages, and their origin has been variously sought in Celtic and in Norse: see Diez. It is doubtful whether the adjective or noun is the earlier in English; both appear before the verb. The order of senses is also uncertain. Diez conjectured that the French might be from Old Norse brak ‘creaking noise’ (Swedish brak bounce, Danish brag), braka (Danish brage) ‘to creak, crack, insolenter se gerere’ Haldorss.; others have suggested Old Norse bragr ‘the best, the foremost, the boast or toast (of anything)’; also ‘poetry’. See Diez, Wedgwood, Skeat.
†1. A loud noise, the bray of a trumpet. (Cf. brag v. 1) Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [noun] > blaring
braga1522
bray1597
bluster1724
blaring1879
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of wind instruments > sound of trumpet
braga1522
bararag1523
tuckc1540
taratantara1553
clang1615
clarion1667
clanging1842
tarara1891
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) ix. viii. 106 Bot than the trumpettis weirly blastis abundis, With terribill brag of brasyn bludy soundis.
2.
a. Arrogant or boastful language (in earlier examples usually in phrase brag and boast); boasting, boastful assertion. (Phrase French brag, common in 16th cent.; also used in sense 3.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [noun]
yelpc888
yelpinga1050
roosingc1175
boastc1300
avauntment1303
avauntry1330
vauntingc1340
bragc1360
avauntingc1380
boastingc1380
avauntance1393
angarda1400
bragging1399
vaunta1400
crackingc1440
crackc1450
crowing1484
jactancea1492
vaunterya1492
bragancea1500
gloriation?1504
blasta1513
vousting1535
braggery?1571
jactation1576
self-boasting1577
thrasonism1596
braggartry1598
braggartism1601
jactancy1623
braggadocianism1624
blazing1628
jactitation1632
word-braving1642
rodomontadea1648
fanfaronade1652
superbiloquence1656
vapouring1656
rodomontading1661
blow1684
goster1703
gasconade1709
gasconading1709
vauntingness1727
braggadocioa1734
Gasconism1744
Gascoigny1754
braggade1763
gostering1763
penny trumpet1783
cockalorum?a1792
boastfulness1810
vauntage1818
bull-flesh1820
blowing1840
vauntiness1851
kompology1854
loud-mouthing1858
skite1860
gabbing1869
mouth1891
buck1895
skiting1916
boosterism1926
c1360 Know Thyself in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 132 Vr bost vr brag is sone ouerbide.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 427 [These words] haveþ more of brag and of boost.
c1440 York Myst. xlvi. 225 His bragge and his boste is he besie to bid vs.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. vii. 127 With brag and bost [v.r. braik and boist], or wapynnys, he Me doith await.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xxiv. f. 53 Not makyng vauntes and braggues of their weorkes.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxxxix Melune..and diuerse other tounes, yelded and turned at a proude crake, or a Frenche bragge, without stroke striken.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) v. ii. 30 Cesars Thrasonicall bragge of I came, saw, and ouercome. View more context for this quotation
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. 240 My uncle..sometimes reminds me of what he calls my former brags.
1877 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence (ed. 2) xv. 354 He has thus held his place..not without a certain brag of his strength.
b. in Proverb.
ΚΠ
1618 P. Holderus tr. J. van Oldenbarneveld Barneuel's Apol. sig. Eivv Bragge is a good Dog still.
1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 197. ⁋3 When I envied the finery of any of my neighbours, [my mother] told me that ‘Brag was a good dog, but Holdfast was a better.’
†3. Show, pomp, display; pompous demeanour or carriage. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > (an) ostentatious display
pompc1330
vaunterya1492
pomping pridec1503
braga1513
flaunt-a-flaunt1576
plume1580
affecting1584
top and topgallant1593
ruffle1609
parado1621
riota1649
flutter1667
show1713
sprunk1746
to make a splash1804
show-off1811
paraffle1816
shine1819
splurge1828
gaud1831
spludge1831
poppy-show1860
razzle1885
razzmatazz1917
foofaraw1933
showbiz1970
glitz1977
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxii. f. cxxxii The Bragge or pompe of the worlde.
a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iii. iii. sig. E.jv Ye must haue a portely bragge after your estate.
1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 850/1 They were all French, in..apparell, yea, and in French vices and brags.
1633 G. Herbert Temple: Sacred Poems 60 The brags of life are but a nine days wonder.
4. concrete. That which is boasted of; the ‘boast’.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [noun] > object or occasion of boasting
yelpc1320
braga1552
boast1594
vaunt1791
a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) II. 21 This [sc. the Fair is] one of the Bragges of the Toun.
1637 J. Milton Comus 26 Beautie is natures brag.
5. A person who brags, a braggart, a boaster.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [noun] > boaster
yelper1340
avaunterc1374
braggerc1390
fare-makerc1440
seggerc1440
shakerc1440
vaunter1484
roosera1500
praterc1500
cracker1509
vouster?a1513
boaster1574
Thrasoa1576
braggarta1577
braver1589
glorioser1589
bragout1592
rodomont1592
braggadocio1594
gloriosoc1599
puckfist1600
burgullian1601
puff1601
forthputtera1610
rodomontado1609
ostentator1611
fanfaron1622
potgun1623
thrasonist1626
cracka1640
vapourer1653
braggadocian1654
rodomontadist1655
charlatan1670
brag1671
rodomontade1683
gasconader1709
rodomontader1730
Gascon1757
spread eagle1809
bag of wind1816
penny trumpeter1828
spraga1838
gasser1855
blow-hard1857
blower1863
crower1864
gabber1869
flannel-mouth1882
punk-fist1890
skiter1898
Tartarin1903
blow1904
skite1906
poofter1916
trombenik1922
shooter of lines1941
fat-mouth1942
wide-mouth1959
Wheneye1982
trash talker1986
braggarist-
1671 J. Webster Metallographia xv. 233 They [Chymists] are nothing but vain and ignorant brags.
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Brag, a boaster.
6.
a. A card game, essentially identical with the modern game of ‘poker’. The name is taken from the ‘brag’ or challenge given by one of the players to the rest to turn up cards equal in value to his. See also quotations. Also attributive, as in brag-party.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > poker > [noun] > varieties of
vaunt1598
brag1734
draw poker1847
penny ante1855
freeze-out1856
draw1857
straight poker1864
stud poker1864
mistigris1875
highball1878
whisky-poker1878
stud-horse poker1881
stud horse1882
stud1884
showdown poker1892
show poker1895
red dog1919
showdown1927
strip-poker1929
manilla1930
Hold 'Em1964
Texas Hold 'Em1968
pai gow poker1985
1734 R. Seymour Compl. Gamester 20 The main Thing by which the second Stake is to be won, is called the Brag, which..gives the Game its Denomination.
1749 H. Walpole Let. 23 Mar. in Lett. to H. Mann (1833) II. 287 Methodism is more fashionable than anything but brag; the women play very deep at both.
1822 Encycl. Brit. (at cited word) A pair of aces is the best brag, a pair of kings the next, and so on.
1855 ‘G. Eliot’ in J. W. Cross George Eliot's Life (1885) I. 356 One night we attempted ‘Brag’ or ‘Pocher.’
1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 16 Two young gentlemen were victimized last night at the brag party.
b. figurative with a reference to sense 2 to play a game of brag: to try which can impose on or get the better of the other by boasting.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > practise trickery [verb (intransitive)] > using bluff
to play a game of brag1845
gas1847
bluff1854
to run a bluff on1887
four-flush1896
fluff1902
blag1991
1845 Congress. Globe 30 Dec. 112/2 [This] looked like playing the game of brag, while the negotiation was pending.
1883 Fortn. Rev. Dec. 895 The two countries may be still only engaged in a game of brag.

Draft additions March 2007

brag book n. colloquial (originally North American) a book, typically a small photo album or scrapbook, used to share or display sources of pride such as family photos or records of achievement.
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1924 Youth's Compan. 24 Apr. 280/1 I'm doing my best to keep the men who are getting out the County Brag Book from going away from here empty.
1961 Brainerd (Minnesota) Daily Dispatch 3 May 15 (advt.) Brag books..bound photo books with clear plastic pages.
1988 Community Express (Austral.) (Nexis) 4 Oct. Judging by the certificates and clippings he has collected and kept in what he calls his ‘brag book’, they have been 12 very successful years.
2003 J. McManus Positively Fifth Street 202 I've positioned the brag book on the cushion.., opening it to the page on which Jennifer reads The Big Hungry Bear.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† bragn.2

Etymology: Derivation unknown.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
A large nail.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > large or strong
spiking1261
board-nail1303
spiking-nail1311
spike-nail1314
spike1345
bragc1440
garron-nail1552
tine nail1555
spiker1574
spig-naila1600
speek1611
spick1611
dog1857
1371 in J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices (1866) (modernized text) I. xx. 500 York gives two unique names ‘brags’ and ‘scot-nails’ under the year 1371.]
c1440 York Myst. xxxiv. 95 Here are bragges þat will noght faile.
1702 R. Thoresby Let. 17 June in Philos. Trans. 1704–05 (Royal Soc.) (1705) 24 1864 Brags, or great Iron Nails.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

† bragn.3

Origin: Of unknown origin.
Etymology: Origin unknown.
Obsolete rare.
(See quot. c1682.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > type of disease > fungal > associated with crop or food plants > smut or smutty condition
ustilago1578
smit1585
smutting1621
smuttiness1659
smut1665
bragc1682
burnt-eara1722
slain1788
dust-brand1850
stinking rust1861
stinking bunt1889
loose smut1890
stinking smut1891
dust1897
c1682 J. Collins Salt & Fishery 25 In..Surrey, their Wheatfields were formerly much annoyed with Smut or Brag.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

bragadj.adv.

Brit. /braɡ/, U.S. /bræɡ/
Forms: Also bragge.
Etymology: See brag n.1
†1. Spirited, brisk, lively, mettlesome, valiant. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > spirit > [adjective]
braga1350
animose?a1425
heartlya1450
stomachous1547
bold-spirited1597
mettled1599
mettle1606
animous1609
stomachful1610
stomachious1611
brave-spiriteda1617
mettlesome1673
game1752
spunky1786
spunk1788
gamelike1804
good-woolled1846
plucked1846
bold-hearted1847
gamey1849
gameful1853
gutsy1893
feisty1896
gutty1953
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > brisk or active
sprindeOE
whata1000
braga1350
prestc1390
yarea1400
stirringc1400
startingc1440
actious1441
actuala1470
activea1522
queemc1540
skeetc1540
lively1567
alive-like1582
pragmatical1590
spruce1590
agilious1599
brisk1599
sprightly?c1599
brisky1600
alives-like1601
alacrious1602
smart1602
eyebright1603
whisking1611
deedy1615
vibrant1616
sprunt1631
perking1653
alert1654
exilient1654
alacrative1657
eveillé1676
budge1691
jaunty1705
spry1746
sprack1747
alive1748
high-geared1795
rash1805
spicy1828
live1830
deedful1834
yary1855
sprucy1858
alacritous1859
sprackish1882
brash1884
up-and-coming1889
up and doing1901
loose1907
bright-eyed and bushy-tailed1936
buzzy1978
a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 30 Þat makeþ vs so brag ant bolde ant biddeþ vs ben blyþe.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 3048 Best of his bodi, boldest & braggest in armes.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxv. xxxix. 579 e The Romanes..lustie and brag for their new victorie, began to make a fray.
1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 67 The bragge lambes ranne wantoning about.
†2. Boastful (of). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [adjective] > boastful
boastyc1300
bragc1315
boastfulc1380
great-moutheda1425
boggishc1440
avauntinga1513
windy1513
blazing1549
thrasonical1564
vauntful1590
vousty1596
braggadocian1599
self-boasting1599
braggart1604
braggartly?1611
braggadocio1615
braggeda1616
ampullous1622
rodomontado1645
vapouring1649
thrasonic1657
rodomontade1660
flounder-mouthed1663
fanfaron1670
vaunty1724
boastivea1763
Falstaffian1809
bounceable1831
jactant1839
braggadocious1853
blow-hard1855
loud-mouthed1867
flannel-mouthed1884
bull-mouthed1896
poppy-show1896
Tartarin1903
c1315 Shoreham 110 Prede..That ketheth wordes bragge.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cxix They are as bragge and as proude as pecockes.
1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 205 Not the braggest Philosopher among the Gentiles.
†3. adv. Haughtily, boastfully. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [adverb]
braga1375
boastfullyc1430
jettingly1440
flourishingly?1545
boastingly1552
bragginglya1569
thrasonically1591
vauntingly1593
braggadocio-like1600
vapouringly1653
bouncinglya1677
vauntful1814
braggart-like1826
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2352 Summe þat bere hem now brag schuld blede or euen.
c1394 P. Pl. Crede 706 Hy schulde nouȝt beren hem so bragg.
1572 R. Harrison tr. L. Lavater Of Ghostes i. viii. 41 They vaunted and bare them selues very brag on their priuileages.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Feb. Seest how brag yond bullock beares..his pricked eares?
4. Prime, first-rate, surpassingly good. U.S.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective] > very excellent or first-rate
gildenc1225
prime1402
rare1483
grand1542
holy1599
pre-excelling1600
paregal1602
classic1604
of (the) first rate1650
solary1651
first rate1674
superb1720
tip-top1722
tip-top-gallant1730
swell1819
topping1822
of the first (also finest, best, etc.) water1826
No. 11829
brag1836
A11837
A No. 11838
number one1839
awful1843
bully1851
first class1852
class1867
champion1880
too1881
tipping1887
alpha plus1898
bonzer1898
grade A1911
gold star1917
world-ranking1921
five-star1936
too much1937
first line1938
vintage1939
supercolossal1947
top1953
alpha1958
fantabulous1959
beauty1963
supercool1965
world-class1967
primo1973
1836 Jeffersonian 5 May 96 The Moselle was a new brag boat, and had made several quick trips.
1857 Knickerbocker Sept. 292 Isaac had once been the ‘brag hand’ of the plantation.
1893 Outing 22 92/1 His [sc. the pup's] sire was the brag runner of the country.
1904 W. N. Harben Georgians xvi. 160 A boy that blowed an army bugle come, an' the brag singer, a young man that sung ‘Whar is my wanderin' boy to-night?’

Compounds

† brag-brained adj. Obsolete head-strong.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > wilful
onwileOE
wilfulc1200
willesfulc1225
headstronga1398
wilsomea1400
headya1425
overthrowing?a1425
self-willya1425
self-willedc1450
sensual1524
wayward1528
headish1530
affectionate1534
self-will1562
strongheaded1579
hard-mouthed1610
brag-brained1648
self-wilful1648
overwilled1650
will-strong1654
cobby1785
willyart1791
brain-strong1863
1648 N. Ward To Parl. at Westm. 20 Whirl-crown'd, and bragg-braind Opinionists.
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bragv.

Brit. /braɡ/, U.S. /bræɡ/
Forms: Also Middle English–1600s bragge, 1500s brage, braggue, Scottish braig.
Etymology: See under brag n.1
†1. intransitive. Of a trumpet: To sound loudly; also, to make a loud sound (with a trumpet); transitive to sound (a trumpet). Cf. brag n.1 1.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > sound [verb (intransitive)] > wind instruments > trumpet
brag1382
flourish1594
fanfare1860
blare1863
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing wind instrument > play wind instrument [verb (intransitive)] > sound trumpet
brag1382
trumpa1400
claryc1440
trumpet1530
blare1782
clarion1885
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing wind instrument > play wind instrument [verb (transitive)] > sound trumpet
brag1382
tucka1400
warblea1400
flat1675
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Josh. vi. 5 Whanne the voyce of the trompe..in ȝoure eeris braggith [a1425 sowne].
?a1400 Morte Arth. 1484 Thane þe Bretones boldely braggene þeire tromppez.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 4108 Bremly the brethemen bragges in troumppes.
2.
a. intransitive and reflexive. To vaunt, talk boastfully, boast oneself. (In earlier examples chiefly in collocation with boast.) Const. (on, in, obsolete) of, about.
ΘΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > boast [verb (intransitive)]
yelpc888
kebc1315
glorify1340
to make avauntc1340
boast1377
brag1377
to shake boastc1380
glorya1382
to make (one's) boastc1385
crackc1470
avaunt1471
glaster1513
voust1513
to make (one's or a) vauntc1515
jet?1521
vaunt?1521
crowa1529
rail1530
devauntc1540
brave1549
vaunt1611
thrasonize1619
vapour1629
ostentate1670
goster1673
flourish1674
rodomontade1681
taper1683
gasconade1717
stump1721
rift1794
mang1819
snigger1823
gab1825
cackle1847
to talk horse1855
skite1857
to blow (also U.S. toot) one's own horn1859
to shoot off one's mouth1864
spreadeagle1866
swank1874
bum1877
to sound off1918
woof1934
to shoot a line1941
to honk off1952
to mouth off1958
blow-
the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > be vainglorious or behave vaingloriously [verb (reflexive)]
beyelpc1330
avaunt1340
glorify1340
yelp1340
boasta1400
brawl?a1400
roosea1400
vaunta1400
advance1483
brag1548
vainglorya1637
braggadociea1688
wind1827
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xiii. 281 For-why he bosteth and braggeth with many bolde othes.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cclxiv If I se a man boast and bragg hymself, I cannot but deme hym a proude manne.
a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) ii. iii. 225 I will no more brag in being one of his slaves.
1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 237 The fashion of his face, which..he hath no cause to brag of.
1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. ii. 234 Nor has our [Nation] abundance of Reason to brag of its superabundant Regularity.
1786 J. Wolcot Lyric Odes to Royal Academicians x, in Wks. (1812) I. 154 Garrick, on whom our Nation justly brags.
1858 W. E. Gladstone Stud. Homer III. 562 The disposition of the Trojan chief to brag.
†b. To swagger, strut, ‘show off’. Obsolete.
ΘΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display or show off [verb (intransitive)]
brandishc1340
ruffle1484
braga1556
swash1556
flourish1563
flaunt1566
prank1567
prink1573
to shake, wag the feather1581
peacockize1598
air1605
display1608
to launch it out1608
flasha1616
to cut it out1619
flare1633
vapour1652
peacock1654
spark1676
to gallantrize it1693
bosh1709
glare1712
to cut a bosh1726
to show away1728
to figure away, off1749
parade1749
to cut a dashc1771
dash1786
to cut up1787
to cut a flash1795
to make, or cut, a splash1804
swank1809
to come out strong1825
to cut a spludge1831
to cut it (too) fat1836
pavonize1838
splurge1844
to do the grand1847
to cut a swath1848
to cut a splurge1860
to fan out1860
spread1860
skyre1871
fluster1876
to strut one's stuff1926
showboat1937
floss1938
style1968
a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iv. iii. sig. F.iiijv Idle loytrers braggyng vp and downe?
1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 40 They should..not thus bragge in other mens land.
1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. Dv You shal haue a lame Iade, bridle, and brag it vp and downe Smithfield.
figurative.1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 669 Shee's quicke, the childe bragges in her bellie already: tis yours [i.e. Braggart's] . View more context for this quotation
3. transitive.
a. To defy proudly, challenge; also, to bully, threaten. Obsolete exc. dialect.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > defy
stout1303
defy1377
beard1476
brave1546
brag1551
outface1574
to hold (a person) waga1578
dare1580
outbrave1589
bedarea1596
maugre1597
championa1616
to bid defiance to1632
stem1675
bravadea1698
bravo1732
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > intimidate or bully [verb (transitive)]
awec1225
bashc1375
palla1393
argh1393
formengea1400
matea1400
boasta1522
quail1526
brag1551
appale1563
browbeat1581
adaw1590
overdare1590
dastard1593
strike1598
disdare1612
cowa1616
dare1619
daw1631
bounce1640
dastardize1645
intimidate1646
hector1664
out-hector1672
huff1674
bully1685
harass1788
bullyraga1790
major1829
haze1851
bullock1875
to push (someone) around1900
to put the frighteners in, on1958
psych1963
vibe1979
society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > challenge or challenging > challenge (a person) [verb (transitive)]
provoke1474
to take to task1546
dare1580
assay1604
challenge1610
defy1674
banter1789
brag1843
to fuck with ——c1947
1551 R. Ascham Let. in Wks. (1865) I. ii. 257 Two fair castles of either side of Rhene..one bragging the other.
a1555 N. Ridley Wks. (1841) 115 They will outface, brace, and brag all men.
1584 J. Carmichael Let. in D. Laing Misc. Wodrow Soc. (1844) 438 The King..boasting the poor, and bragging the rich.
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. iv. 84 An artist who might brag all Paris.
1843 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 58 Amateurs from one part of the county..by challenging or bragging those of the vicinity..provoked a vigorous competition.
b. To impose upon or overawe by boasting (modern, perhaps with allusion to game of brag).
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the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > intimidate or bully [verb (transitive)] > overawe by boasting
brag1876
1876 G. J. Whyte-Melville Katerfelto xviii. 202 Our old Duke wasn't to be bragged at such a game as that.
4. To boast of, vaunt, lay boastful claim to.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > utter boastfully [verb (transitive)] > boast of
roosec1175
avauntc1315
beyelpc1330
boastc1380
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vapour1654
value1670
vauntc1696
gasconade1714
voust1794
to write home about1868
sing1897
1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 224 Na man quha braigs confidence and certantie of ye remission of his sinnes.
1600 S. Nicholson Acolastus his After-witte sig. G4v Euery stalke, Brags the sweete blossomes he is blest withall.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. v. 93 He brags his seruice. View more context for this quotation
1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis iii. xxii. 220 These which bragge their skill in controuersies.
1790 D. Morison Poems 83 Ye'll brag high rank, Or heaps o' siller.
5. To declare or assert boastfully, to boast. Const. with objective infinitive (obsolete) or subordinate clause.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > utter boastfully [verb (transitive)]
avauntc1374
blowc1380
brag1627
vaunt1633
vapour1658
to blow one's own trumpet1854
woof1934
1627 P. Fletcher Locustæ iii. xxviii That eye, and eare, Which being blind, and deafe, bragges best to see, and heare.
1631 Foxe's Actes & Monuments (ed. 7) III. Contin. 8/2 The verie meanest..bragged that they had bathed their hands in the bloud of a Lutheran.
a1658 J. Cleveland Rebell Scot in Wks. (1687) 39 No more let Ireland brag her harmless nation Fosters no venom.
1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd v. iii I'll..brag for aye that I was ca'd the aunt O' our young lady.
1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. viii. 248 Bragged that each of you would be a match For fivescore Trojans.
6. In the game of brag (see brag n.1 6).
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > poker > [verb (intransitive)] > actions or tactics
brag1734
fill1865
to go blind1872
to go it blind1872
stay1882
re-raise1903
sandbag1940
slow-play1971
1734 R. Seymour Compl. Gamester 21 The best Cards you can have really to brag of are a Pair Royal of Aces.
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