bragging

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹæɡ.ɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: brag‧ging
• Rhymes: -æɡɪŋ

Noun

bragging (plural braggings)

1. The act of one who brags.
   • 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, →OCLC:

     […] there was a glint of amused contempt in his black eyes — contempt, as if he listened to the braggings of children.

Derived terms

• bragging rights

Translations

the act of one who brags

• French: fanfaronnade (fr) f
• Ido: fanfaronemeso (io)
• Italian: fanfaronata (it) f
• Latin: iactantia f
• Spanish: fanfarronada f, jactancia (es) f
• Swedish: skryt (sv) n, skrävel (sv) n

Verb

bragging

1. present participle and gerund of brag

Derived terms

• braggingly
• unbragging