gasconade
an instance of boastful talk
- his brag is worse than his fight
- whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade
• Syn:
brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting
• Derivationally related forms:
crow (for: crowing), crow (for: crow), braggy (for: brag), brag (for: brag)
• Hypernyms:
boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation
show off
• Syn:
boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag,
gas, blow, bluster, vaunt
• Derivationally related forms:
vaunter (for: vaunt), vaunt (for: vaunt), bluster (for: bluster), blusterer (for: bluster), bragger (for: brag), braggart (for: brag), brag (for: brag), boast (for: boast), boaster (for: boast)
• Hypernyms:
overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise,
magnify, amplify
• Hyponyms:
puff, gloat, triumph, crow
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- Somebody ----s to somebody
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