brag

n. 1. A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or self glorification. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cæsar . . . made not here his brag
Of “came, ” and “saw, ” and “overcame.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The thing which is boasted of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beauty is Nature's brag. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A game at cards similar to bluff. Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Brag, v. i. ] Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A brag young fellow. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To boast of. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Bragged p. pr. & vb. n. Bragging. ] [ OE. braggen to resound, blow, boast (cf. F. braguer to lead a merry life, flaunt, boast, OF. brague merriment), from Icel. braka to creak, brak noise, fr. the same root as E. break; properly then, to make a noise, boast. &unr_;95. ] To talk about one's self, or things pertaining to one's self, in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to talk boastfully; to boast; -- often followed by of; as, to brag of one's exploits, courage, or money, or of the great things one intends to do. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conceit, more rich in matter than in words,
Brags of his substance, not of ornament. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To swagger; boast; vapor; bluster; vaunt; flourish; talk big. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Norse mythol.) the Norse god of poetry and music; a son of Odin.
Syn. -- Bragi. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From Braggadocchio, a boastful character in Spenser's “Faërie Queene.” ] 1. A braggart; a boaster; a swaggerer. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Empty boasting; mere brag; pretension. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Braggart. ] Boastfulness; act of bragging. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. bragard flaunting, vain, bragging. See Brag, v. i. ] A boaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

O, I could play the woman with mine eyes,
And braggart with my tongue. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]