Dictionary Entry
boast
boast is a 5-letter English word with 12 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self or of things belonging to one's self; as, to boast of one's exploits courage, descent, wealth. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self or of things belonging to one's self; as, to boast of one's exploits courage, descent, wealth.
- 2intransitive verb
To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.
- 3transitive verb
To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.
- 4transitive verb
To display vaingloriously.
- 5transitive verb
To possess or have; as, to boast a name.
- 6transitive verb
To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.
- 7transitive verb
To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.
- 8noun
Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging.
- 9noun
The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, -- sometimes of laudable pride or exultation.
- 10noun
speaking of yourself in superlatives
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- 11verb
show off
- 12verb
wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
"she was sporting a new hat"
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