catflap.org Online Dictionary Query

Query string:
Search type:
Database:

Database copyright information
Server information

50 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Brag \Brag\, v. t.
     To boast of. [Obs.] --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Brag \Brag\, n.
     1. A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or
        self glorification.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              C[ae]sar . . . made not here his brag
              Of ``came,'' and ``saw,'' and ``overcame.'' --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The thing which is boasted of.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Beauty is Nature's brag.              --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A game at cards similar to bluff. --Chesterfield.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Brag \Brag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bragged; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Bragging.] [OE. braggen to resound, blow, boast (cf. F.
     braguer to lead a merry life, flaunt, boast, OF. brague
     merriment), from Icel. braka to creak, brak noise, fr. the
     same root as E. break; properly then, to make a noise, boast.
     ?{95.]
     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 boast; -- often followed by of; as, to
     brag of one's exploits, courage, or money, or of the great
     things one intends to do.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Conceit, more rich in matter than in words,
           Brags of his substance, not of ornament. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To swagger; boast; vapor; bluster; vaunt; flourish; talk
          big.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Brag \Brag\, a. [See Brag, v. i.]
     Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.
     [Archaic]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           A brag young fellow.                     --B. Jonson.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Brag \Brag\, adv.
     Proudly; boastfully. [Obs.] --Fuller.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Brag \Brag\, v. t.
     To boast of. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Brag \Brag\, n.
     1. A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or
        self glorification.
  
              C[ae]sar . . . made not here his brag Of ``came,''
              and ``saw,'' and ``overcame.''        --Shak.
  
     2. The thing which is boasted of.
  
              Beauty is Nature's brag.              --Milton.
  
     3. A game at cards similar to bluff. --Chesterfield.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Brag \Brag\, a. [See Brag, v. i.]
     Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.
     [Archaic]
  
           A brag young fellow.                     --B. Jonson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Brag \Brag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bragged; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Bragging.] [OE. braggen to resound, blow, boast (cf. F.
     braguer to lead a merry life, flaunt, boast, OF. brague
     merriment), from Icel. braka to creak, brak noise, fr. the
     same root as E. break; properly then, to make a noise, boast.
     ?{95.]
     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 boast; -- often followed by of; as, to
     brag of one's exploits, courage, or money, or of the great
     things one intends to do.
  
           Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, Brags of
           his substance, not of ornament.          --Shak.
  
     Syn: To swagger; boast; vapor; bluster; vaunt; flourish; talk
          big.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Brag \Brag\, adv.
     Proudly; boastfully. [Obs.] --Fuller.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  brag
       adj : exceptionally good; "a boss hand at carpentry"; "his brag
             cornfield" [syn: boss]
       n : an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his
           fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his
           gasconade" [syn: bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing,
            line-shooting, gasconade]
       v : show off [syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, gas,
            blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade]
       [also: bragging, bragged]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  brag
     Αγγλικά n.
     η καυχησιά
     Αγγλικά vb.
     καυχιέμαι, κομπάζω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  brag
     Danish n.
     bang, crash
     Danish vb.
     (infl of da brage  imp)
     North Frisian n.
     (lb frr Föhr-Amrum dialect) bridge

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Brag
     Welsh n.
     (soft mutation of cy Prag  Prague)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  brag
     a.
     1 excellent; first-rate.
     2 (lb en archaic) Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious;
  conceited.
     adv.
     (lb en obsolete) proudly; boastfully
     n.
     1 A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or
  self-glorification.
     2 The thing which is boasted of.
     3 (lb en by ellipsis) The card game three card brag.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To boast; to talk with excessive pride about
  what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to
  popularize oneself.
     2 (lb en transitive) To boast of something.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  brag
     Danish n.
     bang, crash
     Danish vb.
     (infl of da brage  imp)
     North Frisian n.
     (lb frr Föhr-Amrum dialect) bridge

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Brag
     Welsh n.
     (soft mutation of cy Prag  Prague)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  brag
     Danish n.
     bang, crash
     Danish vb.
     (infl of da brage  imp)
     North Frisian n.
     (lb frr Föhr-Amrum dialect) bridge

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Brag
     Welsh n.
     (soft mutation of cy Prag  Prague)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  brag
     Englanti n.
     omakehu, kerskailu

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  brag
     Engelska vb.
     skryta, skrävla

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  brag /bɹˈaɡ/
  spog

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Brag /bɹˈaɡ/
  تفاخر

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  brag //bɹæɡ// 
  перча се, хваля се
  to boast