an act of boastinga cause for prideboastful adjboastfully advboastfulness noun[Middle English boost; earlier history unknown]
(often + of/about) to praise oneself; to talk with excessive pride about one's abilities, achievements, etc verb transto speak of or assert (something) with excessive prideto have or display (something that is considered notable or a source of pride) The library boasts a copy of the First Folioboaster nounboasting nounboastingly adv
a usu defensive shot in squash made from a rear corner of the court and hitting a side wall before the front wall [prob from French bosse protuberance, place where the ball hits the wall]