boasting

To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.

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

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

To play a boast shot.

To possess something special.

“His family boasted a famous name.”

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

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

The making of boasts.