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Meaning of boast

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boast

Pronunciation:/bəʊst//boʊst/

noun

Definitions

  1. A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself.

  2. Something that one brags about.

    Example: It was his regular boast that he could eat two full English breakfasts in one sitting.

  3. A shot where the ball is driven off a side wall and then strikes the front wall.

verb

Definitions

  1. To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.

  2. To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.

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

  4. To play a boast shot.

boast

Pronunciation:/bəʊst//boʊst/

verb

Definitions

  1. To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.

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