boast

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Noun [edit]

boast (plural boasts)

  1. A brag, a loud positive appraisal of oneself.
  2. (squash (sport)) A shot where the ball is driven off a side wall and then strikes the front wall.
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Verb [edit]

boast (third-person singular simple present boasts, present participle boasting, simple past and past participle boasted)

  1. to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
    • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 235c.
      On no account will he or any other kind be able to boast that he's escaped the pursuit of those who can follow so detailed and comprehensive a method of enquiry.
  2. (squash (sport)) To play a boast shot
  3. (ergative) To possess something special.
    The hotel boasts one of the best views of the sea.
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Etymology 2 [edit]

Verb [edit]

boast (third-person singular simple present boasts, present participle boasting, simple past and past participle boasted)

  1. (masonry) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Weale to this entry?)
  2. (sculpting) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.

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