Definition of brag in English:

brag

verbbrags, bragging, bragged braɡbræɡ

reporting verb Say something in a boastful manner.
with clause he bragged that he was sure of victory
no object they were bragging about how easy it had been
Example sentencesExamples
- Never before, brags Hamill, ‘have so many poets spoken in a single chorus.’
- This is something they themselves have admitted, or rather bragged about on countless occasions.
- For some of his prints he bragged to have used as many as 300 hundred blocks.
- He later bragged that he was the only performer ever to get a complex comic scene right without needing a second take.
- She taught me how to make the best pie crust ever and often bragged to other people about the beautiful apple pies I could make.
- We bragged that we hunted tigers - often finding their giant paw prints on the jungle paths.
- The screenplay was written in nine whole days, bragged the credits.
- I welched on Grandfather and I'd always bragged I never welched on anybody.
- As a great hunter he bragged about his nighttime sharp shooting.
- Furthermore, he has pledged, or perhaps bragged, that he will not kill protesters.
- In all fairness, he also cheered, bragged, exclaimed and encouraged us as we finally got things right.
- After 29 games, the Mavericks bragged they had committed the league's fewest fouls.
- The younger bragged he was on eight tablets a day for angina, but the other in his late seventies swallowed 40 for various aches and pains!
- Her husband, who bragged endearingly about her desserts, is a beekeeper.
- We bragged that, unlike the chemists, any physicist could teach any undergraduate physics course.
- He bragged that the course which he claimed to be one of the best in the country, was in good shape and no excuse would be given by any golfer for failing to perform well.
- He bragged about his great running skill and said he could catch anything.
- This was something rare for humans in this century, something that the woman had often bragged about to her friends.
- People bragged about their impeccable references and newly renovated websites that would maximize their client base.
- They bragged that they would introduce ‘innovation, creativity and private sector expertise’.
Synonyms
boast, crow, show off, swagger, swank, bluster, gloat, blow one's own trumpet, sing one's own praises, congratulate oneself, pat oneself on the back, preen oneself, give oneself airs
informal talk big, blow hard, lay it on thick, shoot one's mouth off
North American informal shoot the bull, speak for Buncombe
Australian/New Zealand informal skite, big-note oneself
literary vaunt, roister, hyperbolize
archaic rodomontade, gasconade

nounPlural brags braɡbræɡ

1mass noun A gambling card game which is a simplified form of poker.
games of pontoon, brag, and poker
Example sentencesExamples
- Men of all walks of life clustered around the tables in the spacious downstairs to play brag, Three-Card-Monte and Chuck-a-Luck on the off chance of making a fortune.
- The basic game of three card brag was one of the games described by Hoyle, and therefore dates from the late eighteenth century or earlier.
- At a game of three card brag at work once, I had a prial of threes (top hand) and my opponent had a prial of aces (next highest).
- We used to listen to heavy metal music together, and he used to win all my pocket money playing 5 card brag.
2A boastful statement.
he was not the kind of man to make a brag
Example sentencesExamples
- The other thing I notice when the English-language crews (mostly from the Gambia) turn up is that in fact the lyrics are mostly brags and disses.
- Again, I was left wondering where the Tenerife Uncovered of bar-room brags was.
- Soon, other mountaineers visited the region, no doubt still inspired by Douglas' brag.
- Don't ask them - or their insurers - what they think of Guinness and his little book of brags.
- ‘Girls I would like to speak to you in my room,’ - mom interrupted Penny's brags and we went up to mom's room.
- From the time Run-D.M.C. proclaimed themselves the ‘kings of rock,’ hip-hop's house has been built on a foundation of brags and boasts.
- Two months more of big brags and felonious facts.

adjective braɡbræɡ

US informal

attributive Excellent; first-rate.
that was my brag heifer
Example sentencesExamples
- These pups should make excellent prospects for trialing or be true brag dogs in the future.
- I kind of like having an outcross pedigree to all of the big "brag" bulls so I guess I don't have any incentive falsify the registration papers.

Derivatives

bragger

noun

I just don't like it when braggers such as you rub my loss in my face!
Example sentencesExamples
- He had no use for cheaters or braggers or loafers.
- Lash a few beers into them though and they become braggers of the highest order and will admit and confess to the crimes they have committed.
- The old Master, however, knew them for what they were, braggers and empty threats - nothing more.
- Now I'm not being a bragger, but I have a thing for drawing anime.

Origin

Middle English (as an adjective in the sense 'boastful'): of unknown origin (French braguer is recorded only later).

Rhymes

bag, blag, Bragg, crag, dag, drag, flag, gag, hag, jag, lag, mag, nag, quag, rag, sag, scrag, slag, snag, sprag, stag, swag, tag, wag, zag

Definition of brag in US English:

brag

verbbræɡbraɡ

reporting verb Say something in a boastful manner.
no object they were bragging about how easy it had been
with direct speech “I found them,” she bragged
with clause he brags that he wrote 300 pages in 10 days
Example sentencesExamples
- Furthermore, he has pledged, or perhaps bragged, that he will not kill protesters.
- He bragged about his great running skill and said he could catch anything.
- The younger bragged he was on eight tablets a day for angina, but the other in his late seventies swallowed 40 for various aches and pains!
- We bragged that we hunted tigers - often finding their giant paw prints on the jungle paths.
- For some of his prints he bragged to have used as many as 300 hundred blocks.
- They bragged that they would introduce ‘innovation, creativity and private sector expertise’.
- Never before, brags Hamill, ‘have so many poets spoken in a single chorus.’
- He later bragged that he was the only performer ever to get a complex comic scene right without needing a second take.
- We bragged that, unlike the chemists, any physicist could teach any undergraduate physics course.
- After 29 games, the Mavericks bragged they had committed the league's fewest fouls.
- She taught me how to make the best pie crust ever and often bragged to other people about the beautiful apple pies I could make.
- He bragged that the course which he claimed to be one of the best in the country, was in good shape and no excuse would be given by any golfer for failing to perform well.
- As a great hunter he bragged about his nighttime sharp shooting.
- People bragged about their impeccable references and newly renovated websites that would maximize their client base.
- This is something they themselves have admitted, or rather bragged about on countless occasions.
- In all fairness, he also cheered, bragged, exclaimed and encouraged us as we finally got things right.
- I welched on Grandfather and I'd always bragged I never welched on anybody.
- Her husband, who bragged endearingly about her desserts, is a beekeeper.
- The screenplay was written in nine whole days, bragged the credits.
- This was something rare for humans in this century, something that the woman had often bragged about to her friends.
Synonyms
boast, crow, show off, swagger, swank, bluster, gloat, blow one's own trumpet, sing one's own praises, congratulate oneself, pat oneself on the back, preen oneself, give oneself airs

nounbræɡbraɡ

1A gambling card game which is a simplified form of poker.
Example sentencesExamples
- The basic game of three card brag was one of the games described by Hoyle, and therefore dates from the late eighteenth century or earlier.
- Men of all walks of life clustered around the tables in the spacious downstairs to play brag, Three-Card-Monte and Chuck-a-Luck on the off chance of making a fortune.
- We used to listen to heavy metal music together, and he used to win all my pocket money playing 5 card brag.
- At a game of three card brag at work once, I had a prial of threes (top hand) and my opponent had a prial of aces (next highest).
2in singular A boastful statement; an act of talking boastfully.
Example sentencesExamples
- Soon, other mountaineers visited the region, no doubt still inspired by Douglas' brag.
- Don't ask them - or their insurers - what they think of Guinness and his little book of brags.
- Again, I was left wondering where the Tenerife Uncovered of bar-room brags was.
- Two months more of big brags and felonious facts.
- ‘Girls I would like to speak to you in my room,’ - mom interrupted Penny's brags and we went up to mom's room.
- From the time Run-D.M.C. proclaimed themselves the ‘kings of rock,’ hip-hop's house has been built on a foundation of brags and boasts.
- The other thing I notice when the English-language crews (mostly from the Gambia) turn up is that in fact the lyrics are mostly brags and disses.

adjectivebræɡbraɡ

US informal

attributive Excellent; first-rate.
that was my brag heifer
Example sentencesExamples
- I kind of like having an outcross pedigree to all of the big "brag" bulls so I guess I don't have any incentive falsify the registration papers.
- These pups should make excellent prospects for trialing or be true brag dogs in the future.

Origin

Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘boastful’): of unknown origin ( French braguer is recorded only later).

单词	brag
释义	Definition of brag in English: brag verbbrags, bragging, bragged braɡbræɡ reporting verb Say something in a boastful manner. with clause he bragged that he was sure of victory no object they were bragging about how easy it had been Example sentencesExamples Never before, brags Hamill, ‘have so many poets spoken in a single chorus.’ This is something they themselves have admitted, or rather bragged about on countless occasions. For some of his prints he bragged to have used as many as 300 hundred blocks. He later bragged that he was the only performer ever to get a complex comic scene right without needing a second take. She taught me how to make the best pie crust ever and often bragged to other people about the beautiful apple pies I could make. We bragged that we hunted tigers - often finding their giant paw prints on the jungle paths. The screenplay was written in nine whole days, bragged the credits. I welched on Grandfather and I'd always bragged I never welched on anybody. As a great hunter he bragged about his nighttime sharp shooting. Furthermore, he has pledged, or perhaps bragged, that he will not kill protesters. In all fairness, he also cheered, bragged, exclaimed and encouraged us as we finally got things right. After 29 games, the Mavericks bragged they had committed the league's fewest fouls. The younger bragged he was on eight tablets a day for angina, but the other in his late seventies swallowed 40 for various aches and pains! Her husband, who bragged endearingly about her desserts, is a beekeeper. We bragged that, unlike the chemists, any physicist could teach any undergraduate physics course. He bragged that the course which he claimed to be one of the best in the country, was in good shape and no excuse would be given by any golfer for failing to perform well. He bragged about his great running skill and said he could catch anything. This was something rare for humans in this century, something that the woman had often bragged about to her friends. People bragged about their impeccable references and newly renovated websites that would maximize their client base. They bragged that they would introduce ‘innovation, creativity and private sector expertise’. Synonyms boast, crow, show off, swagger, swank, bluster, gloat, blow one's own trumpet, sing one's own praises, congratulate oneself, pat oneself on the back, preen oneself, give oneself airs informal talk big, blow hard, lay it on thick, shoot one's mouth off North American informal shoot the bull, speak for Buncombe Australian/New Zealand informal skite, big-note oneself literary vaunt, roister, hyperbolize archaic rodomontade, gasconade nounPlural brags braɡbræɡ 1mass noun A gambling card game which is a simplified form of poker. games of pontoon, brag, and poker Example sentencesExamples Men of all walks of life clustered around the tables in the spacious downstairs to play brag, Three-Card-Monte and Chuck-a-Luck on the off chance of making a fortune. The basic game of three card brag was one of the games described by Hoyle, and therefore dates from the late eighteenth century or earlier. At a game of three card brag at work once, I had a prial of threes (top hand) and my opponent had a prial of aces (next highest). We used to listen to heavy metal music together, and he used to win all my pocket money playing 5 card brag. 2A boastful statement. he was not the kind of man to make a brag Example sentencesExamples The other thing I notice when the English-language crews (mostly from the Gambia) turn up is that in fact the lyrics are mostly brags and disses. Again, I was left wondering where the Tenerife Uncovered of bar-room brags was. Soon, other mountaineers visited the region, no doubt still inspired by Douglas' brag. Don't ask them - or their insurers - what they think of Guinness and his little book of brags. ‘Girls I would like to speak to you in my room,’ - mom interrupted Penny's brags and we went up to mom's room. From the time Run-D.M.C. proclaimed themselves the ‘kings of rock,’ hip-hop's house has been built on a foundation of brags and boasts. Two months more of big brags and felonious facts. adjective braɡbræɡ US informal attributive Excellent; first-rate. that was my brag heifer Example sentencesExamples These pups should make excellent prospects for trialing or be true brag dogs in the future. I kind of like having an outcross pedigree to all of the big "brag" bulls so I guess I don't have any incentive falsify the registration papers. Derivatives bragger noun I just don't like it when braggers such as you rub my loss in my face! Example sentencesExamples He had no use for cheaters or braggers or loafers. Lash a few beers into them though and they become braggers of the highest order and will admit and confess to the crimes they have committed. The old Master, however, knew them for what they were, braggers and empty threats - nothing more. Now I'm not being a bragger, but I have a thing for drawing anime. Origin Middle English (as an adjective in the sense 'boastful'): of unknown origin (French braguer is recorded only later). Rhymes bag, blag, Bragg, crag, dag, drag, flag, gag, hag, jag, lag, mag, nag, quag, rag, sag, scrag, slag, snag, sprag, stag, swag, tag, wag, zag Definition of brag in US English: brag verbbræɡbraɡ reporting verb Say something in a boastful manner. no object they were bragging about how easy it had been with direct speech “I found them,” she bragged with clause he brags that he wrote 300 pages in 10 days Example sentencesExamples Furthermore, he has pledged, or perhaps bragged, that he will not kill protesters. He bragged about his great running skill and said he could catch anything. The younger bragged he was on eight tablets a day for angina, but the other in his late seventies swallowed 40 for various aches and pains! We bragged that we hunted tigers - often finding their giant paw prints on the jungle paths. For some of his prints he bragged to have used as many as 300 hundred blocks. They bragged that they would introduce ‘innovation, creativity and private sector expertise’. Never before, brags Hamill, ‘have so many poets spoken in a single chorus.’ He later bragged that he was the only performer ever to get a complex comic scene right without needing a second take. We bragged that, unlike the chemists, any physicist could teach any undergraduate physics course. After 29 games, the Mavericks bragged they had committed the league's fewest fouls. She taught me how to make the best pie crust ever and often bragged to other people about the beautiful apple pies I could make. He bragged that the course which he claimed to be one of the best in the country, was in good shape and no excuse would be given by any golfer for failing to perform well. As a great hunter he bragged about his nighttime sharp shooting. People bragged about their impeccable references and newly renovated websites that would maximize their client base. This is something they themselves have admitted, or rather bragged about on countless occasions. In all fairness, he also cheered, bragged, exclaimed and encouraged us as we finally got things right. I welched on Grandfather and I'd always bragged I never welched on anybody. Her husband, who bragged endearingly about her desserts, is a beekeeper. The screenplay was written in nine whole days, bragged the credits. This was something rare for humans in this century, something that the woman had often bragged about to her friends. Synonyms boast, crow, show off, swagger, swank, bluster, gloat, blow one's own trumpet, sing one's own praises, congratulate oneself, pat oneself on the back, preen oneself, give oneself airs nounbræɡbraɡ 1A gambling card game which is a simplified form of poker. Example sentencesExamples The basic game of three card brag was one of the games described by Hoyle, and therefore dates from the late eighteenth century or earlier. Men of all walks of life clustered around the tables in the spacious downstairs to play brag, Three-Card-Monte and Chuck-a-Luck on the off chance of making a fortune. We used to listen to heavy metal music together, and he used to win all my pocket money playing 5 card brag. At a game of three card brag at work once, I had a prial of threes (top hand) and my opponent had a prial of aces (next highest). 2in singular A boastful statement; an act of talking boastfully. Example sentencesExamples Soon, other mountaineers visited the region, no doubt still inspired by Douglas' brag. Don't ask them - or their insurers - what they think of Guinness and his little book of brags. Again, I was left wondering where the Tenerife Uncovered of bar-room brags was. Two months more of big brags and felonious facts. ‘Girls I would like to speak to you in my room,’ - mom interrupted Penny's brags and we went up to mom's room. From the time Run-D.M.C. proclaimed themselves the ‘kings of rock,’ hip-hop's house has been built on a foundation of brags and boasts. The other thing I notice when the English-language crews (mostly from the Gambia) turn up is that in fact the lyrics are mostly brags and disses. adjectivebræɡbraɡ US informal attributive Excellent; first-rate. that was my brag heifer Example sentencesExamples I kind of like having an outcross pedigree to all of the big "brag" bulls so I guess I don't have any incentive falsify the registration papers. These pups should make excellent prospects for trialing or be true brag dogs in the future. Origin Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘boastful’): of unknown origin ( French braguer is recorded only later).
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