gasconading

Verb

gasconade (third-person singular simple present gasconades, present participle gasconading, simple past and past participle gasconaded)

1. (derogatory, obsolete) To talk boastfully.
   • The Frenchman, not being able to bring the precise number, received only, as the first month's pay, 2,000 rupees. He demanded an audience, talked loud, and gasconaded.1817, The Quarterly Review, review of "Wilks's Historical Sketches of the South of India", page 57

   Synonyms:

   bluster, boast

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