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Noun: skite
Usage: Austral, NZ
  1. Speaking of oneself in a positive way with too much pride or self-indulgence
    - boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation
Verb: skite
Usage: Austral, NZ
  1. Show off
    - boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade [archaic]

Derived forms: skites, skited, skiting

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

Encyclopedia: Skite