brag
brag is a 4-letter English word with 10 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, adverb, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- intransitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To boast of.
- noun. A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or self glorification.
- noun. The thing which is boasted of.
- noun. A game at cards similar to bluff.
- intransitive verb. Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.
- adverb. Proudly; boastfully.
- noun. an instance of boastful talk
"his brag is worse than his fight"
"whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"
- verb. show off
- adjective. exceptionally good
"a boss hand at carpentry"
"his brag cornfield"
Synonyms
bragging, crow, crowing, gasconade, vaporing, blow, bluster, boast, gas, swash, tout, vaunt, boss
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in brag:
Common word forms
brags, brager, bragly, bragged, bragger, braggest, bragging, bragless
Words from these letters
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