bragging
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɹaɡɪŋ/
- Hyphenation: brag‧ging
- Rhymes: -æɡɪŋ
Noun
bragging (plural braggings)
- The act of one who brags.
- 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, OCLC 1049770437; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, OCLC 20350211:
- […] there was a glint of amused contempt in his black eyes — contempt, as if he listened to the braggings of children.
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Derived terms
- bragging rights
Translations
the act of one who brags
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Verb
bragging
- present participle of brag