intransitive. To boast, speak vaingloriously. Const. of (= Old English gen.). Obsolete.

intransitive. To boast, brag.

reflexive (†and intransitive for reflexive) To boast or vaunt oneself, to make one's boast, exult. Now rare. Const. in, of, to with infinitive, or…

esp. in to make avaunt: to boast, declare confidently or arrogantly; = avaunt, v.1

intransitive. To speak vaingloriously, extol oneself; to vaunt, brag; to brag of, about, glory in. (So to boast it: to practise boasting.)

intransitive and reflexive. To vaunt, talk boastfully, boast oneself. (In earlier examples chiefly in collocation with boast.) Const. (on, in, obs…

figurative. Chiefly in phrases. †to shake boast: to boast, swagger. to shake the feather: see feather, n. 8b.more than you can shake a stick at (and…

To boast. Const. of, to with infinitive, or that. Also reflexive and quasi-transitive with complement in indirect passive. Obsolete.

Phrases. †to blow (a) boast: to boast, brag (cf. blow, v.1, blast, n.1 3b, blaze, v.2). to make (one's) boast: to boast of, to glory in; also absol.…

intransitive. To talk big, boast, brag; sometimes, to talk scornfully (of others). Now Obsolete or dialect.

intransitive in sense of 2.

intransitive. To bawl, hence to brag or boast.

intransitive (andtransitive) To boast, to brag.

to make (one'sor a) vaunt, to boast or brag. Also const. of something. Now rare.

intransitive. To act or behave boastfully, to vaunt, brag. Obsolete.

intransitive. To boast or brag; to use boastful, bragging, or vainglorious language.

figurative. To speak in exultation; to exult loudly, boast, swagger. to crow over: to triumph over.

intransitive. To brag or boast. Obsolete. rare.

To vaunt, boast.

To boast, glory, vaunt. to brave it: to swagger, act the bravo. Now in to brave it out. (Perhaps rather sense 3?)

With it. Also spec. (see quot. 1611). Obsolete.

(intransitive) (in quot. const. with it), to play the Thraso, to boast, brag.

intransitive. To use language as light or unsubstantial as vapour; to talk fantastically, grandiloquently, or boastingly; to brag or bluster.

intransitive. To boast, show off. Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. To behave in a noisy, boisterous, or swaggering fashion; to brag or boast; in some localities, to laugh noisily.

intransitive. ‘To boast, brag’ (Johnson); to talk big; to ‘swagger’, ‘show off’; also with about, off.

intransitive. To deliver a rodomontade; to speak boastfully or bombastically; to brag; to rant. Formerly also with †away.

(?) nonce-use. ? To talk loftily. Obsolete.

intransitive. To speak boastfully or bombastically; to indulge in gasconade.

intransitive. (See quots.) Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. Scottish. To boast, brag, exaggerate. Frequently with roar. Now rare.

intransitive. slang. To speak or talk; spec. to boast. Obsolete.

dialect. (See quots.)

intransitive. To boast, brag; to make an extravagant boast, esp. about one's own skills, prowess in combat, etc. Cf. gab, n.1 2. archaic or historical…

figurative. Said of persons. To talk loudly or fussily about a petty achievement, like a hen after laying an egg.

to change horses: to substitute a fresh horse for that which has been ridden or driven up to this point; to change (swap) horses in midstream (whi…

intransitive. To brag, to boast. Australian and New Zealand colloquial.

to wind the horn: to blow a blast on the horn, to sound the horn; also figurative of insects making a piping or humming sound. to blow (also U.S.…

figurative and in figurative context. slang (originally U.S.). to shoot off one's mouth: to talk indiscreetly or abusively; to talk unrestrainedly…

intransitive. To speak extravagantly or boastfully; to assert United States interests or claims aggressively. Obsolete.

To boast.

Scottish and Irish English (northern). intransitive. To boast, brag. Frequently with about.

to sound off. to speak out, to speak loudly; to complain, protest; to brag; to put forward one's opinion, esp. forcefully and at length. colloquial…

U.S. Black English slang. intransitive. To talk (or, transitive, to say) in an ostentatious or aggressive manner.

to shoot a line (cf. shoot, v. 23g), to ‘put on an act’, to talk pretentiously, to boast. So line-shoot vb. (line-shooting adj. and n.) and n., line-s…

intransitive. To speak out about something; to brag; to ‘sound off’. Cf. sense 5.

intransitive. slang. to mouth off: to express one's opinion in a forceful, uninhibited or indiscreet manner; to be abusive or offensive; to brag. Cf…

To utter loud or noisy breath, to bluster. To boast, brag (chiefly regional).