| NOUN | communication | gasconade, brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting | an instance of boastful talk |
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| VERB | communication | gasconade, boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt | show off |
| Meaning | An instance of boastful talk. | |
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| Example | "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade" | |
| Synonyms | brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting | |
| Broader | boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation | speaking of yourself in superlatives |
| Spanish | baladronada, bravata, bravuconería, fanfarronada, fanfarronería, pavoneo | |
| Catalan | bravata, fanfarronada, fardada, vacil·lada | |
| Verbs | gasconade | show off |
| Meaning | show off. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE; Somebody ----s to somebody | |
| Synonyms | boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt | |
| Narrower | gloat, triumph, crow | Dwell on with satisfaction |
| puff | speak in a blustering or scornful manner | |
| Broader | overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify | To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth |
| Spanish | alardear, bravear, dragonear, fachendear, fanfarronear, farolear, gallardear, gloriarse, jactarse, ostentar, presumir, ufanarse, vanagloriarse | |
| Catalan | fanfarronejar, gallejar, jactar-se, vanar-se | |
| Nouns | gasconade | an instance of boastful talk |
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