boast

/bəʊst//boʊst/

noun

  1. 1

    A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself.

  2. 2

    Something that one brags about.

    It was his regular boast that he could eat two full English breakfasts in one sitting.
  3. 3

    A shot where the ball is driven off a side wall and then strikes the front wall.

verb

  1. 1

    To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.

  2. 2

    To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.

  3. 3

    To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.

  4. 4

    To play a boast shot.

  5. 5

    To possess something special.

    His family boasted a famous name.

Synonyms

verb

  1. 1

    To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.

  2. 2

    (sculpting) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.

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