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| NOUN | 1 | boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation | Speaking of yourself in superlatives |
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| VERB | 1 | boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade | Show off |
| 2 | boast, sport, feature | Wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner |
| Sounds | bow'st |
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| Rhymes | almost, coast, compost, and 27 more rhymes in owst... |
| Meaning | Speaking of yourself in superlatives. |
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| Synonyms | boasting, self-praise, jactitation |
| Broader | speech act |
| Narrower | brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade; braggadocio, bluster, rodomontade, rhodomontade; vaunt; self-assertion |
| Verbs | boast |
| Meaning | Show off. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE; Somebody ----s to somebody |
| Synonyms | tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade |
| Broader | overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify |
| Narrower | puff; gloat, triumph, crow |
| Nouns | boaster; boast |
| Meaning | Wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | sport, feature |
| Broader | have, feature |
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