verb

1. To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.

2. To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.

3. To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.

Synonyms: brag

verb

1. To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.

2. (sculpting) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.

noun

1. The making of boasts.