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[ English

[ Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -əʊst

[ Noun

Singular boast

Plural boasts

boast (plural boasts)

1. A brag, a loud appraisal of oneself
2. (squash) A shot where the ball is driven off a side wall and then strikes the front wall
3. (paganism) An oath or toast made during a ritual in Heathenry.

[ Translations

a brag

Finnish: omakehu Hebrew: התרברבות (hitravrevut) f., התפארות (hitpaarut) f. Icelandic: mont n., gort n., sjálfshól n., hólbaldur n. (archaic)

Russian хвастовство n.

a shot

Ewe: aɖegbeƒoƒo

[ Verb

Infinitive to boast

Third person singular boasts

Simple past boasted

Past participle boasted

Present participle boasting

to boast (third-person singular simple present boasts, present participle boasting, simple past and past participle boasted)

1. to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 235c.

     On no account will he or any other kind be able to boast that he's escaped thee pursuit of those who can follow so detailed and comprehensive a method of enquiry.

2. (squash) To play a boast shot

[ Translations

to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself

Czech: chlubit se Dutch: zich bogen Ewe: ƒo aɖegbe Finnish: kerskailla (jollakin) , kerskua (jostakin) ,rehennellä , leuhkia French: vanter Hebrew: להתרברב (le'hitravrev), להתפאר (le'hitpa'er)

Italian: vantarsi Old English: ġelpan Portuguese: ostentar Russian: хвастаться Spanish: ostentar Swedish: skryta , skrävla

[ Derived terms

• boastful
• boastfully
• outboast