Boasting: alternatives and connections

To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather.

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To talk about one's self, or things pertaining to one's self, in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to talk boastfully; to boas…

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A braggart; a boaster; a swaggerer.

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of Brag

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To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance.

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of Crow

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A boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging; braggodocio.

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See Rodomontade.

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Vain boasting; empty bluster or vaunting; rant.

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The act of asserting one's self, or one's own rights or claims; the quality of being self-asserting.

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of Vapor

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To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth, attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk ostentatiously; to brag.

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To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self or of things belonging to one's se…

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Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another's right; false claim.

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Praise of one's self.

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