English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-boast.ogg|Audio (US)

:*Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��st|-��st

Noun
en-noun

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

Translations
trans-top|a brag
Finnish: omakehu
Hebrew: �תר�ר��ת (hitravrevut) f, �תפ�ר�ת (hitpaarut) f
Icelandic: mont n, gort n, sjálfshól n, hólbaldur n italbrac|archaic
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trans-top|a shot
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Ewe: a�egbe�o�o
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Verb
en-verb

1. to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself

#* 2005, w:Plato|Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. w:Stephanus pagination|235c.
#*: On no account will he or any other kind be able to boast that he's escaped the pursuit of those who can follow so detailed and comprehensive a method of enquiry.

1. squash To play a boast shot

Translations
trans-top|to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
Czech: chlubit se
Dutch: bogen|zich bogen
Ewe: �o a�egbe
Finnish: kerskailla (joku|jollakin) , kerskua (joku|jostakin) ,rehennellä , leuhkia
French: vanter
Hebrew: ��תר�ר� (le'hitravrev), ��תפ�ר (le'hitpa'er)
Old English: gelpan|Ä¡elpan
Portuguese: ostentar
Spanish: ostentar
Swedish: skryta , skrävla
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Derived terms
boastful
boastfully
outboast

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• 2007-11-12 20:07 - Daniel Polansky - /* Translations */

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