INDEX:
1. to boast about something
2. someone who boasts a lot
RELATED WORDS
opposite
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to behave in a way that attracts attention in order to impress people : ↑ SHOW OFF
see also
↑ PROUD
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1. to boast about something
▷ boast /bəʊst/ [intransitive/transitive verb]
to talk too proudly about your abilities, achievements, or possessions because you want other people to admire you :
boast about
▪ She’s always boasting about how clever her children are.
▪ Scott was boasting about winning the game against Melrose High.
boast (that)
▪ Hank was boasting that he could drink a case of beer by himself.
boast [countable noun]
▪ During the campaign, he made a ridiculous boast that 30 million new jobs would be created if he won the election.
▷ brag /bræg/ [intransitive/transitive verb]
to boast in a way that annoys other people :
brag about
▪ I wish she’d stop bragging about how rich her parents are.
brag (that)
▪ Kevin used to brag that he’d had dozens of girlfriends.
▷ blow your own trumpet British spoken /horn American spoken /ˌbləʊ jɔːr əʊn ˈtrʌmpə̇t, ˈhɔːʳn/ [verb phrase]
to talk a lot about your achievements - used especially to say that you do not want to do this :
▪ I don’t want to blow my own trumpet, but it was me who came up with the idea for the project in the first place.
▪ Garrison has plenty of reasons to blow his own horn - his company has just shown record profits.
▷ crow /krəʊ/ [intransitive verb]
to boast about something you have achieved, especially when other people have been less lucky or successful :
crow about/over
▪ Nordstrom and his supporters are still crowing about winning the lawsuit.
▪ The crowd was crowing over Brazil’s easy victory in the match.
▷ name-drop /ˈneɪm drɒpǁ-drɑːp/ [intransitive verb]
to frequently mention the names of famous or important people that you have met or spoken to, to make people think that you know them very well :
▪ ‘I found the Prince of Wales to actually be quite witty and charming,’ said Edwina, name-dropping.
name-dropping [uncountable noun]
▪ The book is full of name-dropping and gossip, but not much else.
2. someone who boasts a lot
▷ boastful /ˈbəʊstf ə l/ [adjective]
someone who is boastful boasts a lot :
▪ After they had drunk more wine, they started to become loud and boastful.
▪ In the weeks before the game, Ogden gave a number of boastful interviews to the press.
boastfully [adverb]
▪ ‘Yes, we just bought a new Rolls Royce,’ said Jay boastfully.
▷ big-headed /ˌbɪg ˈhedə̇d◂/ [adjective] British informal
someone who is big-headed thinks that they are very important and shows this by often boasting about their abilities or achievements :
▪ I don’t want to sound big-headed, but I thought my picture was the best.
bighead /ˈbɪghed/ British [countable noun]
▪ Morris is a bighead; he was a bighead even before he became a supervisor.
▷ be all talk /biː ˌɔːl ˈtɔːk/ [verb phrase] spoken
if you say that someone is all talk, you mean that they make all their plans and their achievements seem more impressive than they really are, and people should not believe them :
▪ Ralph’s all talk. I wouldn’t take him too seriously if I were you.
▷ name-dropper /ˈneɪm ˌdrɒpəʳǁ-ˌdrɑːp-/ [countable noun]
someone who often mentions the names of famous or important people that they have met or spoken to, in order to make people admire them :
▪ Anna is a distant relative of the prime minister, and she’s one of the worst name-droppers I’ve ever met.