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• n  an instance of boastful talk
  his brag is worse than his fight
• v  show off
• s  exceptionally good
  his brag cornfield

• The ban on sex did not apply to Jones; he would brag about his own conquests, male and female.
• No blogs or calling home to brag to Mom about everything they're doing in Iraq for Allah and Iran.
• Folks brag about having bought their home in the '90s the way they used to brag about having bought Microsoft in the '80s.

• bragging
• crow
• crowing
• vaporing
• line-shooting
• gasconade
• boast
• tout
• swash
• shoot a line
• gas
• blow
• bluster
• vaunt
• boss

News & Articles

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• Blackhawks victory gets attention at global meeting
  Before addressing a range of world problems from crumbling infrastructure to improving early childhood education, both Mayor Rahm Emanuel and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used their speeches at the Clinton Global Initiative meeting in Chicago to brag about the Blackhawks.        
  June 13, 2013 - Chicago Tribune
• Baseball a family affair for Farrell and sons
  When John Farrell's son Luke was drafted by the Kansas City Royals last week, it completed a trifecta that not many fathers can brag about.
  June 13, 2013 - Boston Red Sox
• Romano: Rick Scott is right. We Floridians have tons to brag about
  “ O ne thing that I think we all ought to do as Floridians is, we ought to brag more.' ' — Gov. Rick Scott. The governor is correct, of course.
  June 10, 2013 - Tampa Bay Times

Quotes

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• Joey Porter in International Herald Tribune
  He was our savior,Porter said. "He changed this whole team. He's not the one that's going to brag about it. He's just an old, humble country boy. So I'm going to brag for him."
• David Petraeus in USA Today
  While Petraeus spoke of "barbaric enemies who brag of inhuman acts ...... in the name of religion," outgoing commander Casey, who will become Army chief of staff, addressed the religious infighting that is tearing Iraq apart.
• Lance Mackey in 940 News
  I'm not much to brag very often, but damn, I'm going to this time,said Mackey, from Fairbanks, whose father and brother won past Iditarods. "I don't know exactly how to explain it. I'm just blessed with an incredible dog team."