- crowing
- crowing crowing adj.
1. same as {bragging}.
Syn: boastful, braggart(prenominal), bragging(prenominal), braggy, big, cock-a-hoop, self-aggrandizing, vainglorious. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
crowing
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crowing — I noun an instance of boastful talk his brag is worse than his fight whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade • Syn: ↑brag, ↑bragging, ↑crow, ↑vaporing, ↑line shooting, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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