boasting

English

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  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈboʊstɪŋ/
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Verb

boasting

  1. present participle and gerund of boast

Noun

boasting (plural boastings)

  1. (uncountable) The making of boasts.
  2. An individual boast or bout of boasting.
    • 1849, Elizabeth Wilson, A Scriptural View of Woman's Rights and Duties, page 367:
      Solomon says, "Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall." Some, as soon as their vain boastings were uttered, were made monuments of divine justice.
    • 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 28:
      After that there were boastings in Hereot! Then did the warriors brag before their stainless queen.

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