bragbrag /bræɡ/ ●○○ verb (past tense and past participle bragged, present participle bragging) [intransitive, transitive] 
Verb Table Examples
‘I came out top in the test,’ he bragged.brag about Ben’s always bragging about his success with women.brag that Julia used to brag that her family had a villa in Spain.
Verb TableVERB TABLE
brag
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | brag |
| he, she, it | brags | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | bragged |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have bragged |
| he, she, it | has bragged | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had bragged |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will brag |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have bragged |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am bragging |
| he, she, it | is bragging | |
| you, we, they | are bragging | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was bragging |
| you, we, they | were bragging | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been bragging |
| he, she, it | has been bragging | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been bragging |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be bragging |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been bragging |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- I wish she'd stop bragging about how rich her parents are.
- Kevin used to brag that he'd had dozens of girlfriends.
- And within the field, status comes from puffing up racial bragging points.
- He bragged that he had made it with all five of the New York Dolls when he was sixteen.
- I may be bragging about myself though.
- Immodest, she will brag about pressures she faces.
- In short, they have nothing to brag about.
- We have no company to brag on any more.
THESAURUS► boast
Collocations to talk too proudly about your abilities, achievements, or possessions because you want other people to admire you: · She’s always boasting about how good she is at languages.
► brag to boast in a way that annoys other people. Brag is more informal than boast: · He was bragging about how many girlfriends he had had.· I don’t think they have anything to brag about.· The rebels have repeatedly bragged that their fighters have been responsible for the mounting attacks on policemen, 226 of whom were killed last year.
► blow your own trumpet British English, blow your own horn American English spoken to talk a lot about your achievements – used especially when you want to mention your achievements but do not want to sound as if you are boasting: · I don’t want to blow my own trumpet, but it was me who came up with the idea for the project in the first place.
► crow to boast about something you have achieved, when other people have been less lucky or successful: · Nordstrom and his supporters are still crowing about winning the lawsuit.
► gloat to behave in a way that shows that you are proud of your own success and happy about someone else’s failure: · The Australians are still gloating over their victory over England.· The liberals are gloating and celebrating all over town.· I haven’t come to gloat! We all have to lose sometimes.
► be full of yourself informal to show by your words and behaviour that you are very proud of your abilities and achievements – used when you dislike someone because of this: · ‘He’s so full of himself,’ Constance complained. ‘He thinks he can get away with anything.’· After the game she was really full of herself.
Longman Language Activatorto boast about something► boast to talk too proudly about your abilities, achievements, or possessions because you want other people to admire you: boast about: · She's always boasting about how clever her children are.· Scott was boasting about winning the game against Melrose High.boast (that): · Hank was boasting that he could drink a case of beer by himself.
► brag to boast in a way that annoys other people: brag about: · I wish she'd stop bragging about how rich her parents are.brag (that): · Kevin used to brag that he'd had dozens of girlfriends.
► blow your own trumpet British spoken /horn American spoken to talk a lot about your achievements - used especially to say that you do not want to do this: · I don't want to blow my own trumpet, but it was me who came up with the idea for the project in the first place.· Garrison has plenty of reasons to blow his own horn - his company has just shown record profits.
► crow to boast about something you have achieved, especially when other people have been less lucky or successful: crow about/over: · Nordstrom and his supporters are still crowing about winning the lawsuit.· The crowd was crowing over Brazil's easy victory in the match.
► name-drop to frequently mention the names of famous or important people that you have met or spoken to, to make people think that you know them very well: · "I found the Prince of Wales to actually be quite witty and charming," said Edwina, name-dropping.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► about
to talk too proudly about what you have done, what you own etc – used to show disapproval SYN boast: · A drop-out rate of 17.2% is nothing to brag about, although Fernandez did.· Corporations no longer brag about their generous benefits; instead they take pride in offering stingy benefits and low wages.· We were respectable Home Counties middle class, but nothing special, nothing to brag about.· And it was obviously not something she bragged about, which was admirable of her.· They bragged about their exploits in Gawthorpe and this, naturally, upset the villagers.· The automatic transmission, an $ 815 stand-alone option in the tester, was nothing to brag about for smoothness of operation.· In short, they have nothing to brag about.· It is a rare work-inhibited student who can not brag about certain accomplishments.
‘I came out top in the test,’ he bragged.brag about Ben’s always bragging about his success with women.brag that Julia used to brag that her family had a villa in Spain.