I. ˈbrag, -aa(ə), -aig adjective
( bragger ; braggest )
Etymology: Middle English
1. archaic
a. : full of spirits : lively , lusty
b. : boastful , pretentious
the braggest of all soldiers
2. : superlatively good : first-rate
a brag dog
— often used of something displayed with pride or self-congratulation
he showed me his brag cornfield, which was going to fill his crib — H.C.Nixon
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English
1. : a pompous, cocky, or boastful statement, comment, or story
2.
a. obsolete : ostentatious display : pomp
the brag and show of a royal court
b. : arrogant or swaggering talk or manner : truculence , cockiness
all his adolescent brag — A.M.Schlesinger b.1917
all the brag and bluster — Kiplinger Washington Letter
3. : an old card game resembling poker
4. : braggart
III. verb
( bragged ; bragged ; bragging ; brags )
Etymology: Middle English braggen
intransitive verb
1. : to talk about oneself or things pertaining to oneself in a boastful manner : boast
mechanics bragging about their skill
his luck had been nothing to brag about
2. obsolete : swagger , strut
transitive verb
1. now chiefly Scotland : threaten , defy , challenge
brag a person to a race
2. : to assert boastfully or cockily
bragging that his crops were the best in the county
3. archaic : boast of
Synonyms: see boast