brag
/bɹæɡ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.49 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification.
Countable; Uncountable
verb
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.
Intransitive verb
adj
Example Sentences
- "Caesar […] made not here his brag / Of "came", and "saw", and "overcame"."
- "Beauty is Nature's brag."
- "You could just use ordinary shop-bought kecap manis to marinade the meat, but making your own is easy, has a far more elegant fragrance and is, above all, such a great brag! Flavouring kecap manis is an intensely personal thing, so try this version now and next time cook the sauce down with crushed, split lemongrass and a shredded lime leaf."
- "our mixed companies here, which, if they happen to rise above bragg and whist, infallibly stop short of every thing either pleasing or instructive"
- "to brag of one’s exploits, courage, or money"
- "Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, / Brags of his substance, not of ornament. / Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade"
Etymology
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: braggen, -, bragr, braka
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /bɹæɡ/
- British English: /bɹæɡ/
Usage
Inflected Forms
brags (plural)
brags (present, singular)
bragging (participle, present)
bragged (participle, past)
bragged (past)
bragger (comparative)
braggest (superlative)
more brag (comparative)
most brag (superlative)