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Meaning of boasting

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

boasting

Pronunciation:/ˈboʊstɪŋ/

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.

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.

noun

Definitions

  1. The making of boasts.