boast

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Synonyms: blast, beast, boost, toast, coast, boat, roast, brast, hoast, bast, oast

Antonyms: blast, beast, boost, toast, coast, boat, roast, brast, hoast, bast, oast

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Noun

A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself.
Something that one brags about.
- It was his regular boast that he could eat two full English breakfasts in one sitting.
A shot where the ball is driven off a side wall and then strikes the front wall.

To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.
.mw-parser-output .object-usage-tag{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .deprecated{color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-lime-8,olivedrab)}[with about or of] To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.
To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.
To play a boast shot.
To possess (a special and desirable quality).
- The hotel boasts one of the best views of the sea.
- His family boasted a famous name.

To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.
To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.

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