boast
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- Rhymes: -əʊst
[edit] Noun
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boast (plural boasts)
- A brag, a loud appraisal of oneself
- (squash) A shot where the ball is driven off a side wall and then strikes the front wall
- (paganism) An oath or toast made during a ritual in Heathenry.
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brag
shot
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to boast (third-person singular simple present boasts, present participle boasting, simple past and past participle boasted)
- to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
- (squash) To play a boast shot
- (ergative) To possess something special.
- The hotel boasts one of the best views of the sea.
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to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
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