brag

English

Etymology

From Middle English braggen (“to make a loud noise; to speak boastfully”) of unknown origin. Possibly related to the Middle English adjective brag (“prideful; spirited”), which is probably of Celtic origin;[1] or from Old Norse bragr (“best; foremost; poetry”);[2] or through Old English from Old Norse braka (“to creak”).[3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɹæɡ/
  • Hyphenation: brag
  • Rhymes: -æɡ

Noun

brag (plural brags)

  1. A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification.
    • (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare
      Caesar […] made not here his brag / Of "came", and "saw", and "overcame".
  2. The thing which is boasted of.
    • (Can we date this quote?) John Milton
      Beauty is Nature's brag.
  3. (by ellipsis) The card game three card brag.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chesterfield to this entry?)

Derived terms

Translations
boast — see boast

Verb

brag (third-person singular simple present brags, present participle bragging, simple past and past participle bragged)

  1. (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.
    to brag of one's exploits, courage, or money
    • (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare
      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
  2. (transitive) To boast of.

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Translations

Adjective

brag (comparative bragger, superlative braggest)

  1. Excellent; first-rate.
  2. (archaic) Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.
    a brag young fellow

Adverb

brag (comparative more brag, superlative most brag)

  1. (obsolete) proudly; boastfully
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Fuller to this entry?)

References
  1. “brag” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
  2. “wile” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.;
  3. brag in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse brak.

Noun

brag n (singular definite braget, plural indefinite brag)

  1. bang, crash

Inflection
Declension of brag
neuter
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative brag braget brag bragene
genitive brags bragets brags bragenes
  • brage verb

Verb

brag

  1. imperative of brage

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian bregge, which derives from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ. Cognates include West Frisian brêge.

Noun

brag f (plural bragen)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) bridge
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