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# bragging

noun (bragging, uncountable); verb -ing form of brag (brag, brags, bragged, bragging)

«bragging» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Talking proudly about yourself and what you have or can do, in a way that annoys others: boasting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bragging/#m1)
2. (as in "bragging rights") The right to boast because you won. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bragging/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories and lessons on kindness it shows a character who is a show-off. In everyday life it comes up after games and tests. Phrases: "stop bragging", "bragging about", "bragging rights".

### Examples

- Stop bragging about your new trainers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bragging/#x1)
- He was bragging that he scored three goals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bragging/#x2)
- Nobody likes bragging. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bragging/#x3)
- The winners get bragging rights until next year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bragging/#x4)
- She kept bragging about her test score. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bragging/#x5)
- In the fable, the hare was bragging about his speed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bragging/#x6)
- We are tired of hearing you bragging about yourself, you little turkey cock! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bragging/#x7)

### Note

The g doubles: brag, bragged, bragging. Similar word: boasting. Telling people good news is fine; bragging means doing it to look better than others.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bragging» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bragging/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bragging» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bragging.html) on Mova free.