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bragged

/bɹæɡd/

bragged is the simple past and past participle of brag.

Meaning of brag

Verb

brag (third-person singular simple present brags, present participle bragging, simple past and past participle bragged)

  1. (intransitive, often, with-of) To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to popularize oneself.
    • to brag of one’s exploits, courage, or money
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To act in an arrogant or boastful manner.
    • The dead mans corps hath made ſome Serpents weépe, / Such rewth may ryſe in beaſts of bloudy race: / And yet can man (which bragges aboue the reſt) / Uſe wracke for rewth? can murder like him beſt?1575, Jacques du Fouilloux, “The Hare, to the Hunter”, in George Gascoigne, transl., The Noble Art of Venerie or Hunting. […], London: […] Thomas Purfoot, published 1611, →OCLC, page 177

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Questions about bragged

What is bragged the simple past and past participle of?
Bragged is the simple past and past participle of brag.
How do you pronounce bragged?
Bragged is pronounced /bɹæɡd/.

Words near bragged in the dictionary

  1. braggartry
  2. braggarts
  3. braggashans
  4. braggatory
  5. Bragge
  6. bragged
  7. bragged on
  8. bragger
  9. braggeries
  10. braggers
  11. braggery

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