Boast

What do we mean by boast?

To shape or form (stone) roughly with a broad chisel. transitive verb

To talk or write about oneself or something related to oneself in a proud or self-admiring way. intransitive verb

To say (something about oneself) in a proud or self-admiring way. intransitive verb

To have or possess (a desirable feature). intransitive verb

The act or an instance of boasting. noun

A source of pride. noun

To threaten; utter a threat.

To brag; vaunt; speak vaingloriously or exaggeratedly, as of one's own worth, property, deeds, etc.

To glory or exult on account (of); speak with laudable pride.

To be possessed, as of something remarkable or admirable: often used jocosely.

Synonyms To bluster (about), vapor, crow (about a thing, or over a person), swell, talk big, put on airs.

To brag of; speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation: as, to boast what arms can do.

To glory or exult in possessing; have as a source of pride: often in a jocose sense: as, the village boasts a public pump.

To magnify or exalt; make over-confident; vaunt: with a reflexive pronoun.

In masonry, to dress off the surface of a stone with a broad chisel and mallet.

In sculpture, to reduce ornaments or other work to their general contour or form, preparatory to working out the details.

Clamor; outcry. noun

Threatening; menace. noun

Brag; vaunting; language expressive of ostentation, pride, or vanity. noun

A cause of boasting; occasion of pride, vanity, or laudable exultation: as, Shakspere, the boast of English literature. noun

A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself.

Something that one brags about.

A shot where the ball is driven off a side wall and then strikes the front wall.

To gloat or brag about something Urban Dictionary

Burnt toast, to boast is to burn your toast or be presented with burnt toast by another. Urban Dictionary

To get high or to smoke weed. It can be used as a verb or as a noun such as in the case of having some boast or some boasties. Origin: San Diego Urban Dictionary

1. (n) shat. 2. (v) to shat. Urban Dictionary

Previously defined in Merriam-Webster's Unabridged Dictionary as "to say or tell something to give others a high opinion of one." It applies to Urban Dictionary in the sense of many useless humans attempting to make new terms in the form of their own names and typing in useless comments about themselves. One can only guess that they do this in order to receive validation and/or seek validation by the rest of the population. Urban Dictionary

Houses, jewelery, cars, rims, and status symbols Urban Dictionary

Someone attempting to hide their dumbassness by repeatedly lauding their one and only (generally small) victory to their friends or a random crowd of strangers, depending on who is handy. Urban Dictionary

To brag about something; to show off. Urban Dictionary

Comes from the combination of the words "bonus" and "toast." Legend says the word was first uttered at the discovery of an unexpected extra piece of toast. Today, it is commonly used as 1) an exclamation of excitement; 2) as an adjective toward the cause of the unexpected emotion; or 3) as a direct noun, Bonus Toast. Urban Dictionary

Noun. In jailhouse vernacular a boast is a form of yard poetry that is developed to brag about a renown pimp, hustla or playa's deeds. Yard poetry is the origin of modern rap. Inmates had no musical accompaniment yet music became an essential form of entertainment for inmates trying to get through their bid. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to boast:
boast, coast, boat, beast, blast, boost, toast, roast, boas, bast, borst, bost, boase, oast, bobst, brast, hoast, boart, bcast, poast, yoast, boist, bfast, biast, bmast, bomst, bowst, broast, bsast, joast.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word boast:
proud, finest, impressive, wealth, pride, achievements, hotels, longest, biggest, rich, lowest.

Words that rhyme with boast:
post, host, coast, roast, ghost, toast, most, utmost, riposte, foremost, almost, engrossed, yost, outpost, signpost, lamppost, ost, goalpost, innermost, king post, diagnosed, post-, glasnost, frowst, seacoast, outermost, uppermost, cohost, guidepost, french toast, southernmost, dowst, dosed, moste, northernmost, pot roast, at most, sternpost, melba toast, first and foremost, gold coast, barbary coast, westernmost, rump roast, yoast, coste, lamb roast, the most, holy ghost, parcel post, grossed, trading post, from pillar to post, ivory coast, overdosed, pork roast, whipping post, crown roast, suncoast, command post, deaf as a post, cinnamon toast, queen post, intermediate host, military post, droste, missionary post, definitive host, at the most, beef roast, observation post, meteorological observation post, corner post, pan roast, hitching post, oste-, rib roast, toste, wiener roast, blade roast, winning post, starting post, standing rib roast, pancoast, swinging post, veal roast, orange toast, telegraph post, shutting post, woeste, bundespost, amerihost, anteriormost, ivory-coast, khost, voest, westcoast.

Adjectives that are often used to describe boast:
proud, idle, empty, vain, proudest, good, great, mere, chief, longer, common, much, only, peculiar, foolish, greatest, famous, constant, frequent, vainglorious, french, highest, false, solitary, favourite, hollow, just, glorious, frantic, favorite, arrogant, indirect, prouder, chinese, noble, makest, wild, mighty, bootless, honest, confident, triumphant, rash, wise, presumptuous, silly, rich, absurd, legitimate, extravagant, modest, loud, dubious, wicked, repeated, haughty, bold, insolent, childish, familiar.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective boast:
beef, mutton, chicken, name, mosses, not, noun, verb, lamb.

Consonant match to boast:
bust, burst, best, boost, beast, based, baste, bast, bussed, bused, bost, bossed, beste, busked, berst.

Words that sound like boast:
boast, best, beast, bust, boost, based, bossed, bast, bost, baste, bussed, beste, beest, bist, biest, bused, boist, baist, baust, -based, boused, post, poste, boat, bst, boaster, boasts, bote, bosa, boso, bowse, boet, bossi, bosso, bosu, beauce, boese, bosta, bisd, bosi, boci, bzt, boece, botw, bow-saw, past, passed, host, pissed, pest, paste, paced, pist, pieced, peaced, hoast, pust, hoste, peste, paiste, peest, base, bass, bait, bas, bashed, basset, baster, basi, baht, bassett, basked, basta, basa, bassy, basso, basse, baat, abased, bastar, b.c.e, bassi, bassey, basey, bassa, baso, abist, bakst, bassette, bached, baisse, -blast, baisa, -buster, b.s.d, ballsed, basah, base-a, basi-, baso-.