Definition of Brag

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Definition of Brag

Brag

To talk about one's self, or things pertaining to one's self, in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to talk boastfully; to boast; -- often followed by of; as, to brag of one's exploits, courage, or money, or of the great things one intends to do.

To boast of.

A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or self glorification.

The thing which is boasted of.

A game at cards similar to bluff.

Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.

Proudly; boastfully.

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Brag Quotations

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself.
Henry David Thoreau

A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.
H. L. Mencken

Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown in courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, where most may wonder at the workmanship.
John Milton

There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.
Miguel de Cervantes

That's how easy baseball was for me. I'm not trying to brag or anything, but I had the knowledge before I became a professional baseball player to do all these things and know what each guy would hit.
Willie Mays

The most accomplished way of using books is to serve them as some people do lords; learn their titles and then brag of their acquaintance.
Laurence Sterne

Democrats always like to brag that their guys are smarter than the opponents and Republicans always like to brag that their guys are more moral than the opponents. But if you're looking for morals in politics you're looking for bananas in the cheese department.
Harry Shearer

I know who I am. I don't have to brag. I know what I contributed. I know what I did. You think you can do it better? Hey, go right ahead. The stage is yours.
Al Lewis

Brag Translations

brag in Afrikaans is spog
brag in Danish is prale
brag in Dutch is pochen, opscheppen, snoeven, bluffen
brag in French is fanfaronner
brag in German is prahlen, prahlen, angeben
brag in Norwegian is skryte
brag in Spanish is jactarse
brag in Swedish is skryta

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