Tending to boast or brag.

The characteristic of being boastful.

plural of boastfulness

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boast

plural of boast

The making of boasts.

present participle of boast

(intransitive) To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself. / (transitive) To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.

A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself. / Something that one brags about. / (squash) A shot where the ball is driven off a side wall and then strikes the front wall.

(masonry) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel. / (sculpting) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.