boasting

English

Pronunciation

• (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.

Translations

the making of boasts

• German: Prahlen n, Prahlerei (de) f, Angeben (de) n, Angabe (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: σεμνολογία (semnología)

• Latin: iactantia f
• Swedish: skryt (sv) n, skrävel (sv) n

Anagrams

• boatings, bostangi