BOAST

boast

Noun

  1. A brag, a loud positive appraisal of oneself.
  2. A shot where the ball is driven off a side wall and then strikes the front wall.

Verb

  1. To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.
  2. To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.
  3. To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.
  4. To play a .
  5. To possess something special.

Verb (etymology 2)

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


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