Associations to the word «Boast»

Wiktionary

BOAST, noun. A brag, a loud positive appraisal of oneself.
BOAST, noun. (squash) A shot where the ball is driven off a side wall and then strikes the front wall.
BOAST, verb. (intransitive) To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.
BOAST, verb. (transitive) To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.
BOAST, verb. (obsolete) To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.
BOAST, verb. (squash) To play a boast shot.
BOAST, verb. (ergative) To possess something special.
BOAST, verb. (masonry) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.
BOAST, verb. (sculpting) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.

Dictionary definition

BOAST, noun. Speaking of yourself in superlatives.
BOAST, verb. Show off.
BOAST, verb. Wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner; "she was sporting a new hat".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley