English-Icelandic translations for boast

Definition of boast

  • A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself
  • A shot where the ball is driven off a side wall and then strikes the front wall
  • To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself
  • To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol
  • To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult
  • To play a w:Squash_#Types_of_shots_played|boast shot
  • To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel
  • To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required

Examples

  • It was his regular boast that he could eat two full English breakfasts in one sitting.
  • The hotel boasts one of the best views of the sea
  • His family boasted a famous name

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