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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Brag v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bragged p. pr. & vb. n. Bragging.]  To talk about one's self, or things pertaining to one's self, in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to talk boastfully; to boast; -- often followed by of; as, to brag of one's exploits, courage, or money, or of the great things one intends to do.
 Conceit, more rich in matter than in words,
 Brags of his substance, not of ornament.   --Shak.
 Syn: -- To swagger; boast; vapor; bluster; vaunt; flourish; talk big.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 brag
      adj : exceptionally good; "a boss hand at carpentry"; "his brag
            cornfield" [syn: boss]
      n : an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his
          fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his
          gasconade" [syn: bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing,
           line-shooting, gasconade]
      v : show off [syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, gas,
           blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade]
      [also: bragging, bragged]

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 bragging
      adj : exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" [syn: boastful, braggart(a),
             bragging(a), braggy, big, cock-a-hoop, crowing,
             self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising]
      n : an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his
          fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his
          gasconade" [syn: brag, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting,
           gasconade]

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 bragging
      See brag