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1. Show off
   - tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade [archaic], skite [Austral, NZ]
    
2. Wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
   - sport, feature

1. Speaking of yourself in superlatives
   - boasting, self-praise, jactitation, skite [Austral, NZ]

Derived forms: boasted, boasts, boasting

See also: boaster

Type of: amplify, exaggerate, feature, have, hyperbolise [Brit], hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate, speech act

Encyclopedia: Boast