boast | (v) show off, Syn. gas, blow, tout, brag, swash, gasconade, bluster, shoot a line, vaunt |
brag | (n) an instance of boastful talk, Syn. line-shooting, crowing, bragging, crow, gasconade, vaporing |
Gasconade | n. [ F. gasconnade, from Gascon an inhabitant of Gascony, the people of which were noted for boasting. ] A boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging; braggodocio. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Gasconade | v. i. |
Gasconader | n. A great boaster; a blusterer. [ 1913 Webster ] |