Definition for "Boast"

Boast - (Verb)

phonetic : /bōst/ http://www.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/sounds/de/0/boast.mp3
past participle : boasted
1. Talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities
  • Ted used to boast, “I manage ten people”
2. (of a person, place, or thing) Possess (a feature that is a source of pride)
  • the hotel boasts high standards of comfort
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gasconade (show off)
feature, boast (wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner) "she was sporting a new hat"
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Boast, v. t. [Of uncertain etymology.]

1. (Masonry) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel. Weale.

2. (Sculp.) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.

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Boast, v. t.

1. To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.

    Lest bad men should boast
    Their specious deeds.
Milton.

2. To display vaingloriously.

3. To possess or have; as, to boast a name.

To boast one's self, to speak with unbecoming confidence in, and approval of, one's self;
followed by of and the thing to which the boasting relates. [Archaic]

    Boast not thyself of to-morrow.
Prov. xxvii. 1

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Boast (.), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Boasting.] [OE. bosten, boosten, v., bost, boost, n., noise, boasting; cf. G. bausen, bauschen, to swell, pusten, Dan. puste, Sw. pusta, to blow, Sw. pösa to swell; or W. bostio to boast, bost boast, Gael. bosd. But these last may be from English.]

1. To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self or of things belonging to one's self; as, to boast of one's exploits courage, descent, wealth.

    By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: . . not of works, lest any man should boast.
Eph. ii. 8, 9.

2. To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.

    In God we boast all the day long.
Ps. xliv. 8

Syn.
To brag; bluster; vapor; crow; talk big.

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to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.
  • On no account will he or any other kind be able to boast that he's escaped the pursuit of those who can follow so detailed and comprehensive a method of enquiry.
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squash (sport) To play a boast shot.
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ergative To possess something special.
  • The hotel boasts one of the best views of the sea.
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Boast - (Noun)

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plural : boasts
1. (in squash) A stroke in which the ball is made to hit one of the sidewalls before hitting the front wall
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phonetic : /bōst/ http://www.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/sounds/de/0/boast.mp3
plural : boasts
1. An act of talking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction
  • I said I would score, and it wasn't an idle boast
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jactitation (speaking of yourself in superlatives)
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Boast, n.

1. Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging.

    Reason and morals? and where live they most,
    In Christian comfort, or in Stoic boast!
Byron.

2. The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation,
sometimes of laudable pride or exultation.

    The boast of historians.
Macaulay.

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A brag, a loud appraisal of oneself.
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squash (sport) A shot where the ball is driven off a side wall and then strikes the front wall.
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paganism An oath or toast made during a ritual in Heathenry.
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Boast - (General)

2. speaking of yourself in superlatives
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3. show off
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4. sport: wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner; "she was sporting a new hat"
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5. Boasting is the act of making an ostentatious speech. It is considered a vice by such major religious groups as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Boasting has also been studied by such evolutionary psychologists as Robert Wright.
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6. A brag, a loud appraisal of oneself; ) A shot where the ball is driven off a side wall and then strikes the front wall; An oath or toast made during a ritual in Heathenry; to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself; ) To play a boast shot; To possess something special
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7. (boasting) The making of boasts
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8. (BOASTING) n.  Pitter patter of little feats.
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9. (boasting) Someone who is boasting is telling wonderful things about himself or herself.
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10. To hear boasting in your dreams, you will sincerely regret an impulsive act, which will cause trouble to your friends. To boast to a competitor, foretells that you will be unjust, and will use dishonest means to overcome competition.
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11. شیخی بگھارنا۔ لاف مارنا۔ خود فروموشی کرنا۔
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12. Nowadays we might say that boasting is a big-headed thing to do, but to the Anglo-Saxons it meant something quite different. A boast was a kind of promise a warrior made in front of other people. ...
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13. means to brag about how good you are or what a good job you did. What’s the word?
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14. This is a shot that is played to the front wall by first hitting a back wall or a side wall.
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15. A work of literature in which the leading ingredient is a formalized boasting or extolling by a speaker or writer. Originally a genre associated with battle or other types of victory, in the Bible the boast is often turned to spiritual effect when people boast in God or their salvation.
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Pronunciation : IPA

  • -əʊst
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