brag

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++brag /bræɡ/ ●○○ verb (bragged, bragging) [intransitive, transitive]  BOASTto talk too proudly about what you have done, what you own etc – used to show disapproval 自夸，吹嘘〔含贬义〕 SYN boast ‘I came out top in the test, ’ he bragged. “我测验得了最高分。”他吹嘘道。brag about Ben’s always bragging about his success with women. 本总是吹嘘他对女人很有办法。brag that Julia used to brag that her family had a villa in Spain. 朱莉娅以前老吹嘘她家在西班牙有一栋别墅。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

brag• I wish she'd stop bragging about how rich her parents are.• I may be bragging about myself though.• Immodest, she will brag about pressures she faces.• In short, they have nothing to brag about.• We have no company to brag on any more.• And within the field, status comes from puffing up racial bragging points.• Kevin used to brag that he'd had dozens of girlfriends.• He bragged that he had made it with all five of the New York Dolls when he was sixteen.brag that• He bragged that he had made it with all five of the New York Dolls when he was sixteen.• The 35-year veteran of Capitol Hill can not brag that he knows how to pass bills through the Senate.• He bragged that he needed a special licence to bring it on the bus.• One of the guards bragged that he was in the Ku Klux Klan.• A witness heard him bragging that he was responsible for all three murders.

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brag /bræɡ/ verb (past tense and past participle bragged, present participle bragging) [intransitive and transitive]
to talk too proudly about what you have done, what you own etc – used to show disapproval
   SYN  boast:
    ‘I came out top in the test,’ he bragged.
    brag about
    Ben’s always bragging about his success with women.
    brag that
    Julia used to brag that her family had a villa in Spain.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ boast to talk too proudly about your abilities, achievements, or possessions because you want other people to admire you: She’s always boasting about how good she is at languages.
   ▪ brag to boast in a way that annoys other people. Brag is more informal than boast: He was bragging about how many girlfriends he had had. | I don’t think they have anything to brag about. | The rebels have repeatedly bragged that their fighters have been responsible for the mounting attacks on policemen, 226 of whom were killed last year.
   ▪ blow your own trumpet British English, blow your own horn American English spoken to talk a lot about your achievements – used especially when you want to mention your achievements but do not want to sound as if you are boasting: I don’t want to blow my own trumpet, but it was me who came up with the idea for the project in the first place.
   ▪ crow to boast about something you have achieved, when other people have been less lucky or successful: Nordstrom and his supporters are still crowing about winning the lawsuit.
   ▪ gloat to behave in a way that shows that you are proud of your own success and happy about someone else’s failure: The Australians are still gloating over their victory over England. | The liberals are gloating and celebrating all over town. | I haven’t come to gloat! We all have to lose sometimes.
   ▪ be full of yourself informal to show by your words and behaviour that you are very proud of your abilities and achievements - used when you dislike someone because of this: ‘He’s so full of himself,’ Constance complained. ‘He thinks he can get away with anything.’ | After the game she was really full of herself.