Noun
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| gasconade -
an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"
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brag,
bragging,
crow,
crowing,
vaporing,
line-shooting |
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boast,
boasting,
self-praise,
jactitation speaking of yourself in superlatives
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Verb
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| gasconade -
show off
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boast,
tout,
swash,
shoot a line,
brag,
gas,
blow,
bluster,
vaunt |
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hyperbolise,
hyperbolize,
overstate,
exaggerate,
overdraw,
magnify,
amplify to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
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puff blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"
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gloat,
crow,
triumph dwell on with satisfaction
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