Word Finder - boast

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A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself.

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Something that one brags about.

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It was his regular boast that he could eat two full English breakfasts in one sitting.

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A shot where the ball is driven off a side wall and then strikes the front wall.

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To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.

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

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

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To play a boast shot.

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To possess something special.

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His family boasted a famous name.

Few popes can boast of greater enterprise or larger achievements.

Perhaps it's your cat you want to boast about.

Anyone who is not weeping cannot boast of being in love.

He could boast that he left the relations between the United States and Canada on an excellent footing.

It was his just boast to have transformed mechanics (defined by him as a "geometry of four dimensions") into a branch of analysis, and to have exhibited the so-called mechanical "principles" as simple results of the calculus.

The Franciscans took the lead in this intellectual movement with Alexander of Hales and Bonaventura, but the Dominicans were soon able to boast of two greater names in Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas.

I heard him boast of composing a concerto in all its parts quicker than a copyist could write them down.

We can boast that our clutch & brake pedals have been designed to have more grip than any of our competitors.

Not many people can boast keeping a daybook for over 60 years.

He could boast also of the higher honor of having been the first born American to win laurels in the British ring.

Some boast a steel midsole and some are waterproof.

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself; and my shortcomings and inconsistencies do not affect the truth of my statement.

You boast of spending a tenth part of your income in charity; maybe you should spend the nine tenths so, and done with it.

The Malays cannot, strictly speaking, be said to possess a literature, for none of their writings can boast any literary beauty or value.

Not to boast; and, not to give the slightest countenance to complacency.

In the third, Atkinson again came out attacking with Elriani finding success driving to length then sticking a trickle boast or straight drop.

They'll even take Euros over the bar, and now boast ' the smallest launderette in the world ' !

A trigonometrical survey of British India was begun in 1800 and the country can now boast of a survey which in most respects is equal to those of most European states.

The latters magnum opus, Kojikiden (Exposition of the Record of Ancient Matters), declared by Chamberlain to be perhaps the most admirable work of which Japanese erudition can boast, consists of 44 large volumes, devoted to elucidating the Kojiki and resuscitating the ShintO cult as it existed in the earliest days.

If Israel alone among nations can meet the Assyrian with the boast "with us is God," the reason is that in Zion the true God is known' - not indeed to the mass, but to the prophet, and that the "holy seed" 2 or "remnant" (contained in the name Shear yashubh) which forms the salt of the nation.

Its pickerel, though not abundant, are its chief boast.

These soles boast a two and a half inch heel.

Although historically one of the most important towns in South Wales, Carmarthen can boast of very few ancient buildings, and the general aspect of the town is modern.

Portugal Portugal could long boast of only one review, the Jornal enciclopedico (1779-1806), which had many interruptions; then came the Jornal de Coimbra (1812-1820); the Panorama (1836-1857), founded by Herculano; the Revista universal lisbonense (1841-1853), established by Castilho; the Instituto (1853) of Coimbra; the Archivo pittoresco (1857) of Lisbon; and the Jornal do sociedade dos amigos das letteras.

It is my greatest boast that I have incurred the displeasure of my Father!

Their waters boast abundant wildlife from the smallest krill to the blue whale.

The town can also boast of a Swimming Association which organizes an annual regatta.

Within a few months a grandstand seating 4,500 was opened and the Club could boast two covered enclosures.

He COULD be getting tired of all the six foot tall, absurdly beautiful starlets who boast all the intellectual depth of mayonnaise.

They also boast an excellent wine cellar where regular wine tastings are held.

Many minivans also boast three rows of seats that fold down, have ample storage space, and tables that pop up for gaming or family interaction while on the road.

Newton's Hypotheses non fingo was a proud boast, but it rests upon an entire misconception of the capacities of the mind of man in dealing with external nature.

It describes its material development, " its physical constitution and warlike prowess," of which they make a special boast, and after that its intellectual progress.

Most of the hotel's elegantly furbished rooms boast stunning views from private balconies, a unique feature in Hong Kong.

Indeed, some racing syndicates - or clubs - boast hundreds of members.

We boast it like a badge, but don't share the nasal twang which warms this pub to life.

A zealous Calvinist, whose boast it was that he had read the Bible twenty-five times, he was nevertheless no persecutor, and even helped the Jesuit Kaldy to translate and print his version of the Scriptures.

It has already been seen that Gibbon's early ailments all left him on the approach of manhood; thenceforward, " till admonished by the gout," he could truly boast of an immunity well-nigh perfect from every bodily complaint; an exceptionally vigorous brain, and a stomach "almost too good," united to bestow upon him a vast capacity alike for work and for enjoyment.

Like their sharp-edged cousin, the Swiss Army Knife, Wenger watches boast uncommon high quality in both construction and performance.

Along with impressive tech attributes, some Oyster Perpetual watches are made of platinum and boast a generous sprinkling of diamonds.

You'll also note that specific camps boast top choreographers or an emphasis on stunts.

Most hair pieces do not boast highlighted or low-lighted shades, so matching your color to perfection can sometimes be impossible.

They boast 20,000 MySpace layouts and 18,000 MySpace 2.0 layouts.

Mill was earnestly opposed to the transfer, and the documents in which he substantiated the proud boast for the Company that "few governments, even under far more favourable circumstances, have attempted so much for the good of their subjects or carried so many of their attempts to a beneficial issue," and exposed the defects of the proposed new government, are models of trenchant and dignified pleading.

But the proudest boast of Lord Hastings and Sir John Malcolm was, not that they had advanced the pomoerium, but that they had conferred the blessings of peace and good government upon millions who had suffered unutterable things from Mahratta and Pindari tyranny.

It does, however, boast a lot of leopard and Kenya's only population of sable antelope.

No other area of business or sporting venue can boast a bigger attraction or more diverse gathering than Brunton Park Stadium on matchdays.

They boast a prestigious client base, which includes numerous major blue chip accounts.

Certainly, save for the conversion of the seigneur d'Avully and the advocate Poncet, I have little to boast of."

Roger Bacon - or more probably some one who usurped his name - declared that with a certain amount of the philosopher's stone he could transmute a million times as much base metal into gold, and on Raimon Lull was fathered the boast, " Mare tingerem si mercurius esset."