What does "brag" mean?
Brag: A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or self glorification. Cæsar . . . made not here his brag Of "came," and "saw," and "overcame." Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.The thing which is boasted of. Beauty is Nature's brag. Milton.
- 3.A game at cards similar to bluff. Chesterfield.
- 4.Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited. [Arhaic] A brag young fellow. B. Jonson.
- 5.Proudly; boastfully. [Obs.] Fuller.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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