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brag

/bɹæɡ/ US, UK
/bɹaɡ/ British, Northern England, Southern
/bɾaɡ/ Scotland, Wales
/bɹæːɡ/ Australia
/bɹɛɡ/ New Zealand
/bɹeɪɡ/

Rhymes with -æɡ

Where it comes from

From Middle English braggen (“to make a loud noise; to speak boastfully”) of uncertain origin. Possibly related to the Middle English adjective brag (“prideful; spirited”), which is probably of Celtic origin; or from Old Norse bragr (“best; foremost; poetry”); or through Old English from Old Norse braka (“to creak”).

noun brags

countable, uncountable A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification. Caesar […] made not here his brag / Of "came", and "saw", and "overcame".
countable, uncountable The thing which is boasted of. Beauty is Nature's brag.
abbreviation, uncountable Short for three card brag our mixed companies here, which, if they happen to rise above bragg and whist, infallibly stop short of every thing either pleasing or instructive

verb brags · bragging · bragged

intransitive, often, with of 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. to brag of one’s exploits, courage, or money
Similar: boast, beat one's chest
intransitive, obsolete To act in an arrogant or boastful manner. The dead mans corps hath made ſome Serpents weépe, / Such rewth may ryſe in beaſts of bloudy race: / And yet can man (which bragges aboue the reſt) / Uſe wracke for rewth? can murder like him beſt?

adjective bragger · braggest

Excellent; first-rate.
archaic Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited. a woundy, brag young fellow

adverb more brag · most brag

obsolete Proudly; boastfully. Seest how brag yond bullock beare […]his pricked eares?

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: vaunt, boast, gasconade, bluster, crowing, superior, tout, blow, boss, vaporing, swash, gas, crow, line-shooting, thrasonical, extol

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noun card game

Français	brag

verb to boast

한국어	자랑하다 jaranghada, 나대다 nadaeda
日本語	自慢する jiman suru, 力む rikimu
中文	吹牛 chuīniú, 吹噓 /吹嘘 chuīxū, 自誇 /自夸 zìkuā
Português	gabar-se, vangloriar-se
Français	fanfaronner, se vanter
Deutsch	angeben, prahlen
Italiano	vantarsi
Română	lăuda
Русский	хва́статься xvástatʹsja, хвалиться xvalitʹsja
العربية	تَبَاهَى tabāhā

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@misc{brag_2026,
  title = {brag},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brag},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}