brag

Meaning

Noun

1. A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification.
2. The thing which is boasted of.
3. The card game three card brag.

Verb

1. To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to popularize oneself.
2. To boast of something.

Adj

1. Excellent; first-rate.
2. Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.

Adv

proudly; boastfully

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɹæɡ/

Etymology

From Middle English braggen (“to make a loud noise; to speak boastfully”) of unknown origin. Possibly related to the Middle English adjective brag (“prideful; spirited”), which is probably of Celtic origin; or from Old Norse bragr (“best; foremost; poetry”); or through Old English from Old Norse braka (“to creak”).