brag

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification.

   “Caesar […] made not here his brag / Of "came", and "saw", and "overcame".”

2. (countable, uncountable)The thing which is boasted of.

   “Beauty is Nature's brag.”

   “You could just use ordinary shop-bought kecap manis to marinade the meat, but making your own is easy, has a far more elegant fragrance and is, above all, such a great brag! Flavouring kecap manis is an intensely personal thing, so try this version now and next time cook the sauce down with crushed, split lemongrass and a shredded lime leaf.”

3. (abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable)Short for three card brag.

   “our mixed companies here, which, if they happen to rise above bragg and whist, infallibly stop short of every thing either pleasing or instructive”

verb

1. (intransitive, often, with-of)To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to popularize oneself.

   “to brag of one’s exploits, courage, or money”

   “Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, / Brags of his substance, not of ornament. / Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade”

adj

1. Excellent; first-rate.
2. (archaic)Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.

   “a woundy, brag young fellow”

adv

1. (obsolete)Proudly; boastfully.

   “Seest how brag yond bullock beare […]his pricked eares?”