English-Latvian translations for boast

• dižoties
  Ir ārkārtīgi svarīgi, lai to var izdarīt praksē un lai tas nav vienkārši kaut kas, par ko varam dižoties pasaulē. It is absolutely crucial that this can be done in reality and is not simply something that we can boast about around the world.
• lielīties
• plātīties

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

Related words

• boastfulness
• boastful
• boaster
• boastfully
• boasting
• to boast