Akademik

gasconade
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noun
an instance of boastful talk
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his brag is worse than his fight

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whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade

Syn: ↑brag, ↑bragging, ↑crow, ↑crowing, ↑vaporing, ↑line-shooting
Derivationally related forms: ↑crow (for: ↑crowing), ↑crow (for: ↑crow), ↑braggy (for: ↑brag), ↑brag (for: ↑brag)
Hypernyms: ↑boast, ↑boasting, ↑self-praise, ↑jactitation
II
verb
show off
Syn:
boast, ↑tout, ↑swash, ↑shoot a line, ↑brag, ↑gas, ↑blow, ↑bluster, ↑vaunt
Derivationally related forms:
vaunter (for: ↑vaunt), ↑vaunt (for: ↑vaunt), ↑bluster (for: ↑bluster), ↑blusterer (for: ↑bluster), ↑bragger (for: ↑brag), ↑braggart (for: ↑brag), ↑brag (for: ↑brag), ↑boast (for: ↑boast), ↑boaster (for: ↑boast)
Hypernyms:
overstate, ↑exaggerate, ↑overdraw, ↑hyperbolize, ↑hyperbolise, ↑magnify, ↑amplify
Hyponyms: ↑puff, ↑gloat, ↑triumph, ↑crow
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s PP

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Somebody ——s that CLAUSE

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Somebody ——s to somebody


Useful english dictionary. 2012.