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boast
speaking of yourself in superlatives (Freq. 1) • Syn: boasting, self-praise, jactitation • Hypernyms: speech act • Hyponyms: brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade, braggadocio, bluster, rodomontade, rhodomontade, vaunt, self-assertion
1. show off (Freq. 7) • Syn: tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade • Derivationally related forms: gasconade (for: gasconade), vaunter (for: vaunt), vaunt (for: vaunt), bluster (for: bluster), blusterer (for: bluster), bragger (for: brag), braggart (for: brag), brag (for: brag), boaster • Hypernyms: overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify • Hyponyms: puff, gloat, triumph, crow • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s PP - Somebody ----s that CLAUSE - Somebody ----s to somebody 2. wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner (Freq. 6) - she was sporting a new hat • Syn: sport, feature • Derivationally related forms: feature (for: feature) • Hypernyms: have, feature • Verb Frames: - Something ----s something
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