boast
/bəʊst//boʊst/
noun
- 1
A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself.
- 2
Something that one brags about.
“It was his regular boast that he could eat two full English breakfasts in one sitting.”
- 3
A shot where the ball is driven off a side wall and then strikes the front wall.
verb
- 1
To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.
- 2
To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.
- 3
To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.
- 4
To play a boast shot.
- 5
To possess something special.
“His family boasted a famous name.”
Synonyms
verb
- 1
To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.
- 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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