gasconade

adjective

1. (obsolete) Of or pertaining to exaggeration or extravagant boasting; bombastic.

noun

1. an instance of boastful talk

- whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade

Similar word(s): brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing

Definition categories: communication, boast, boasting, jactitation

verb

1. show off

Similar word(s): blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, swash, tout, vaunt

Definition categories: communication, amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate