Reverse Dictionary: BOAST

ADJECTIVES
1480 ► VAINGLORIOUS inordinately boastful or proud of one’s own abilities, actions or qualities; excessively and ostentatiously vain 
1528 ► CRACKING boasting, bragging
1564 ► THRASONICAL boasting; given to bragging; exhibiting ostentation 
1590 ► VAUNTFUL boastful → arch.
1615 ► OSTENTATE boasted, vaingloriously displayed → obs.
1622 ► AMPULLOUS boastful, inflated or turgid in language; vainglorious → obs.
1626 ► RODOMONT boasting, bombastic, braggart → arch.
1640 ► GLORIABLE that may be boasted of → obs.
1645 ► RODOMONTADO boastful, bragging, ranting → obs.
1649 ► VAPOURING having foolishly boastful, fantastical, or pretentious character 
1652 ► BRAVASHING boasting, swaggering, blustering → obs.
1656 ► MAGNILOQUENT boastful, talking big; using pompous or bombastic language 
1660 ► RODOMONTADE boastful, bragging, ranting 
1670 ► FANFARON boastful, bragging 
1671 ►TONGUE-DOUGHTY boasting, bragging; valiant in speech 
1724 ► VANDIE → VANNIE boastful, proud, vain; proud-looking, jaunty, ostentatious, showy → Sc. obs.
1724 ► VANTIE → VANTY boastful, proud, vain → Sc.
1724 ► VAUNTIE → VAUNTY boastful, proud, vain; exultant; ostentatious, showy → chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
1727 ► MAGNILOQUOUS boastful, talking big; magniloquent → obs.
1746 ► REARING talking boastingly and loudly; excited; mocking → Eng. dial.
1763 ► BOASTIVE given to boasting, boastful, presumptuous → obs.
..19C ► BOBBEROUS boastful, proud → Eng. dial.
..19C ► GLASTRIOUS boastful, contentious → Sc.
1803 ► BOBADILIAN boasting, blustering, swaggering 
1815 ► BLATHERING → BLETHERING boastful, talkative, foolish → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1816 ► MASSY boastful, bragging; self-important, conceited → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1824 ► BLAZING boasting, blustering → Sc.
1824 ► GAUSTERING boasting, imperious → Eng. dial.
1839 ► JACTANT boastful, boasting 
1855 ► BLOW-HARD boastful, blustering → US 
1880 ► BIGETY → BIGGEDY → BIGGETY → BIGGIDY → BIGGITY → BIGGOTY boastful, conceited, vain, self-important; impudent → Amer. dial.
1880 ► VOLAGEOUS boastful, airy-fairy, light → Sc.
1885 ► MUCKFOODLE boastful, bragging → Eng. dial.
1898 ► BELCHING boasting, bragging, like an empty windbag → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► BOUNCEABLE prone to boasting; bumptious, cheeky → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
..L19 ► HIGH IN TOOTH boastful, arrogant → sl.
1899 ► VOGEROUS boastful; elated; keen → Sc.
1900 ► FALSE boastful, proud, vain → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 ► BIGOTED boastful, haughty; conceited, vain, stuck-up, self-important → Amer. dial.
1905 ► VOUSTY given to boasting, vain → Sc. obs. (Bk.)
1911 ► BLOUTERING boasting, bragging → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 ► BRAGGAND → BRAGGIE → BRAGGY boastful; bombastic → Sc. (Bk.)
1934 ► CRAPPY boastful → students’ sl. (Bk.)
1935 ► BIG-TALK boastful, blustering → Amer. dial.
1954 ► BRAGGADOCIOUS boastful → Amer. dial.
1960 ► BIGIFIED boastful, conceited, vain, stuck-up, self-important; impudent, egotistic → Amer. dial.
1960 ► BRAGGABLE fit to be boasted about → Amer. dial.
1960 ► FATMOUTH boastful, noisy, verbose → sl., orig. African-American
1960 ► FAT-MOUTHED boastful, noisy, verbose → sl., orig. African-American
1961 ► ALL PISS AND WIND boastful 
1961 ► ALL WIND AND PISS boastful; not backing up words with action → UK sl.
1961 ► ALL WIND AND WATER boastful; not backing up words with action → UK sl.
1961 ► FULL OF SHIT AND STICKS engaging in boastful, empty talk, but not of real substance → sl.
1968 ► SEDITTY → SIDIDY → SIDITY boastful, arrogant, showing off → US sl.
1974 ► FATMOUTH boastful, noisy, verbose → sl., orig. African-American
1989 ► ALL FART AND NO SHIT engaging in boastful, empty talk, but not of real substance → UK sl.
1996 ► ALL MOUTH boastful; unable to back up words with deeds → Barbados 
1998 ► TRAPPY boastful and loud, possibly insulting → UK sl.
1999 ► ALL PISS AND WIND boastful → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
2007 ► ALL MOUTH AND TROUSERS blustering and boastful; showing off without having the qualities to justify it → UK sl. (Bk.)

ADVERBS
1677 ► BOUNCINGLY boastfully, blusteringly 
1814 ► VAUNTFUL boastfully 

INTERJECTIONS
1885 ► ARBROATH!  a sporting catchphrase to anyone boasting → Sc.

NOUNS
..888 ► YELP boasting, vainglorious speaking → obs.
1000 ► BEOT a boast; a promise, a vow, a threat → obs.
1050 ► YELPING boasting; proud or pompous talk → obs.
1200 ► ROOSE a boasting, vainglory; a boast, brag, vaunt → obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1300 ► VAINGLORY idle boasting; glory that is vain, empty or worthless; inordinate or unwarranted pride in one’s accomplishments or qualities 
1325 ► BOBANCE presumptuous boasting, pride, pomp, arrogance, vanity → obs.
1340 ► VAUNTING boasting, bragging → arch.
1440 ► CRACKING exaggerated talking, bragging, boasting → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1450 ► CRACK loud talk, boast, brag; exaggeration, a lie → arch.
1450 ► CRAKE a boast, a brag or bluster → obs.
1477 ► VAUNTISE a boast or vaunt → obs.
1491 ► JACTANCE boasting, boastfulness; vainglorious speaking 
1491 ► VAUNTERY boasting, vaunting; boastful or vainglorious bearing or show → obs.
1500 ► VOUST a boast, brag, vaunt → Sc.
1504 ► GLORIATION boasting; the act of glorying; triumphant exaltation → obs.
1523 ► FACING a boasting, swaggering, or browbeating; a defiance → obs.
1576 ► JACTATION boasting, bragging, ostentatious display 
1591 ► RODOMONTADE a boast; a brag; an extravagantly boastful or arrogant remark of speech 
1598 ► RODOMONTADO a boast; a brag; an extravagantly boastful or arrogant remark of speech 
1603 ► VAUNTERY a boast, a vaunt → obs.
1614 ► VAPOUR a foolish boast or brag; a fancy or fantastic idea → obs.
1623 ► JACTANCY boasting, boastfulness; vainglory 
1632 ► JACTITATION boasting; bragging; public or open declaration, of a boastful sort; ostentatious affirmation 
1634 ► BOUNCING a boasting; a bragging or blustering; boastful exaggeration, lying; a good scolding 
1652 ► FANFARONADE boastful assertion; brag; boisterous or arrogant language; ostentation; an instance of this 
1709 ► GASCONADE → GASCONNADE extravagant boasting; vainglorious fiction 
1714 ► BOUNCE a loud or audacious boast; a boastful falsehood; impudent self-assertion, swagger 
1727 ► VAUNTINGNESS boastfulness → obs.
1748 ► FLASH a boast, brag, or great pretense made by a spendthrift, quack, or pretender to more art or knowledge than he really has → sl.
1793 ► VAUNTING a boast → arch.
1807 ► GASCONISM a spirit of boastfulness or vaunting 
1809 ► GASCONADO extravagant boasting; vainglorious fiction → obs.
1818 ► VAUNTAGE a boasting, vaunting 
1820 ► VAINGLORINESS vaingloriousness 
1820 ► VAUNTINESS boastfulness 
1833 ► FLAMDOODLE vain boasting; empty talk; nonsense → Amer. sl.
1833 ► FLAPDOODLE boasting → Amer. sl.
1837 ► BLAGUE mendacious boasting; pretentious falsehood; blustering humbug 
1840 ► BUSH boasting, bluster, ‘tall talk’ → Amer. dial.
.M19 ► TALL TALK boasting, bragging, the telling of far-fetched stories and anecdotes → sl., orig. US
1854 ► KOMPOLOGY boasting or vaunting speech → obs.
1854 ► SWANK boastful talk; behaviour intended to impress → sl.
1860 ► SKITE boastful talk; behaviour intended to impress → Aust. & NZ sl.
1862 ► BARNUMISM boastful talk; exaggerated advertising or display 
1866 ► GANDY a boast; a brag; pert, foolish talk → Sc. obs.
1866 ► GANGE → GAUNGE boasting → Sc. obs.
1871 ► DOG boastful or pretentious manner or attitude; flashiness → sl., orig. US
1873 ► BLOWING boasting, bragging 
1892 ► BAZOO boastful talk → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1895 ► BUCK → BUKH boastful talk, conversation; bragging talk → sl.
1895 ► OLD BUCK boastful talk or insolence → sl.
1898 ► BARRACKING boastfulness, bragging → N. Ireland (Bk.)
1898 ► BAUGE a swaggering boastfulness → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► BELLY-COURAGE boasting. brag → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
..20C ► OLD TALK empty boasting; chatter, gossip, rhetoric → W. Indies & Black British usage
1900 ► GANDYING boasting; foolish language; exaggerating, lying → Sc. (Bk.)
1902 ► HARSTONE-TALK boastful talk, promises made at night and not intended to be kept in the morning → Eng. dial.  (Bk.)
1902 ► HOT AIR GUN a source of boastful talk or insubstantial claims, imagine as a gun → US colloq.
1911 ► BLAST → BLOST a boast; a brag → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 ► BLAW a boast; a lie from ostentation → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 ► BLOUST a boasting narration; a brag → Sc. (Bk.)
1915 ► BULLSHIT boasting; rubbish, nonsense → sl.
1922 ► PISS AND WIND boastful but empty talk → sl.
1930 ► POP-OFF a boastful or brash statement → US sl.
1934 ► BULLDOCIA boastful and threatening language → Amer. dial.
1935 ► MOUTH boastful but empty talk → sl., orig. US
1940 ► SIGNIFYING boasting, insinuating; esp. in the form of a ritual game of testing a rival’s emotional strength by insulting their relatives → African-American sl.
1940 ► TARANAKI BULLSHIT excessive boasting → NZ sl.
1942 ► ADVERTISING boasting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► AIR boasting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► BAKED WIND boasting; empty talk; nonsense → Amer. jocular usage (Bk.)
1942 ► BIG WIND boasting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► BIGMOUTH boasting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► BIG-TALK boasting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► BLAH boasting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► BLARNEYFEST a conversation devoted to boasting or undependable talk → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► BLATHERSKITE boasting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► BLOVIATION boasting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► BLOW boasting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► BOSH boasting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► BOZ-WOZ boasting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► BROADCASTING boasting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► B.S. boasting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► BULL boasting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► BULL SHOOTING boasting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► BULL THROWING boasting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► FACE SHOOTING boasting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► GAFF boasting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► GAS boasting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► GASOLOGUE a boastful conversation; a conversation; discussion → Amer. jocular usage (Bk.)
1942 ► GASSING boasting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► HOT AIR boasting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► HOT BLAST boasting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► MOUTH SHOOTING boasting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► NOISE boasting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► ORAL CALISTHENICS boasting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► SELF BUILD-UP boasting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► SELF-PUFFERY boasting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► SIX-SHEETING boasting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► SOUTH WIND boasting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► SPOOFFEST a conversation devoted to boasting or undependable talk → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► SPREAD EAGLE extravagant boasting, esp. of the U.S. → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► SPREAD-EAGLEISM extravagant boasting, esp. of the U.S. → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► TROMBENICK → TROMBENIK boasting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► WIND boasting → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1943 ► LINE-SHOOT boastful talk → Brit. sl.
1992 ► LIP MUSIC boasting; bragging, teasing → US sl.

NOUNS, PERSON
1340 ► YELPER a boaster → obs.
1440 ► FARE-MAKER a boaster → obs.
1440 ► SEGGER a boaster; a braggart; one given to talking → obs.
1456 ► VAUNTER a boaster; a braggart → arch.
1509 ► CRACKER a boaster, a braggart; a liar
1515 ► FACER a boaster, a blusterer, a swaggerer; one who possesses ‘cheek’; a braggart; a bully → obs.
.M16 ► PRATER a boaster
1579 ► JACK BRAG a boaster; a vulgar braggart → sl.
1579 ► JACK BRAGGER a boaster; a vulgar braggart → sl.
1589 ► GLORIOSER a boaster, a braggart → obs.
1589 ► MOUNTEBANK a boastful pretender, a person who falsely claims knowledge of or skill in some matter, esp. for personal gain; a person who pretends to be something he or she is not, in order to gain prestige, fame, etc. 
1598 ► BURGULLIAN a boaster; a braggadocio; a bully → obs.
1598 ► RODOMONT a vain or blustering boaster; a great bragger; a bully → arch.
1599 ► GLORIOSO a boaster; a braggart → obs.
1609 ► RODOMONTADO a great boaster or bragger → obs.
1614 ► VAINLING a vainglorious or vain person → obs.
1622 ► FANFARON an empty boaster or braggart; a vain pretender 
1622 ► GLASTERER a boaster, a braggart → Sc.
1623 ► ARETALOGER a boaster, a person who brags of his own virtue or accomplishments → obs.
1640 ► CRACK a boaster, a braggart, a liar → obs.
1645 ► BLATEROON a senseless or foolish boaster or babbler; an idle talker → obs.
1656 ► JACTATOR a boaster; a braggart → obs.
1664 ► HUFFER a boastful, swaggering, hectoring person → obs.
1678 ► VOUSTER a boaster; a braggart → Sc. obs.
1680 ► BULLY-HUFF a boaster who is also a bully → obs.
1683 ► RODOMONTADE a boaster; a braggart → obs.
1709 ► GASCONADER a boaster; a braggart 
1746 ► MOUTHER a person who speaks in a boastful, verbose, declamatory, or foolish way 
1757 ► GASCON a boaster; a person who resembles a Gascon in character; a braggart 
1771 ► BOBADIL a swaggering boaster; a blustering braggart who pretends to prowess 
1790 ► GANDY a boastful, bragging person; a pert talker → Sc. obs.
..19C ► BUBBLY-JOCK a stupid boaster; a pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow → sl.
1808 ► SCRAFFLES an empty boaster; a rascal → Eng. dial.
1816 ► BAG OF WIND a boaster; a person who speaks or writes at length but says little of substance or value; a pompously verbose speaker → colloq., derogatory
1819 ► BOUNCE a boastful, swaggering fellow → colloq.
1822 ► SCOOT a conceited boaster; a mean and utterly contemptible person; a scamp → Sc.
1825 ► VOLISHER a boaster; an ostentatious talker → Sc.
1826 ► GALLIVASTER a boasting fellow; one who gallivants; including the idea of tallness → Sc. obs.
1827 ► WINDBAG a boaster and a chatterer .
1830 ► SACRIPANT a boastful pretender to valour; a braggart; a bully and boaster 
1834 ► BIGMOUTH a boaster; a braggart; a loud, over-talkative person → sl., orig. & chiefly US
1834 ► BOUNCER a boaster, a braggart, a swaggering liar 
1835 ► BILSHER a boastful person, one who brags → Sc.
1838 ► SPRAG a person with an arrogant, swaggering manner; a boaster; a braggart → Sc.
1841 ► GASBAG a boaster; a braggart; a person who talks at length but says little of value; a long-winded orator → sl.
1846 ► SNOLLYGOSTER a boastful, pretentious fellow; a shrewd, unprincipled fellow, especially a politician → US sl.
1846 ► SWANKER a boastful, swaggering, or showy person → sl.
1855 ► GASSER a boastful or talkative person; a chatterer → colloq., orig. US
1856 ► WINDY-WALLETS a vain boaster; a very talkative and untruthful person; one who is habituated to fibbing or exaggeration → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1859 ► BLOWER a boaster; a braggart; one who exaggerates → Eng. & Amer. dial.
1867 ► TALL-TALKER a boaster; a braggart → sl.
1868 ► GANDIER a boastful, vain person; a bragger → Sc. obs.
1869 ► GABBER a person who makes an extravagant boast or ‘gab’ (an idle boast) 
1870 ► BLADDERSKATE a boaster → Sc.
1876 ► SCOG a boaster; a braggart → Eng. dial.
1878 ► BLABBERSKITE a boastful, voluble speaker; a vain-talking fellow; a talkative, blustering person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1887 ► WINDJAMMER a boaster; a big talker; a braggart → Amer. dial.
1889 ► GLADIATHOR a boastful, quarrelsome fellow; a roisterer; a keeper, one set to watch over anything → Ireland
1890 ► GASOMETER a boaster; a voluble talker → sl. obs.
1890 ► PUNK-FIST a boaster, a braggart → obs.
1897 ► SKITE a boastful person; a braggart; a conceited person → Aust. & NZ colloq.
..20C ► GABBLEBLOOTER  a boaster; a loud talker; a prattler; a gossip → N. Ireland sl.
1900 ► FALSE ALARM a boaster; a braggart → sl.
1900 ► GALLIVANTER a boasting fellow; an incurable flirt → Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 ► HOT DOG a highly skilled person who is boastful or flashy → Amer. sl.
1902 ► BIG TALKER a person given to boasting and exaggeration; a braggart → sl.
1904 ► SCOGGER a boaster → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► RAP a boasting, disorderly person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► VAUNTY a boastful, vain person; a braggadocio → Sc. (Bk.)
1907 ► BIG INJUN a boastful, coarse man → Amer. dial.
1910 ► BLADDHER a person who utters vulgarly boastful, foolish talk → Ireland (Bk.)
1910 ► GLUGGER a vain, empty, foolish boaster → Ireland (Bk.)
1911 ► BLASTER a boaster; one who exaggerates → Sc. (Bk.)
1913 ► ADMIRAL’S MATE a boasting know-all; an egotist → Amer. navy sl. (Bk.)
1913 ► BIG BLOW a boaster → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1913 ► SWANK a boastful, swaggering, or showy person → sl.
1914 ► SWANKPOT a boastful, self-opinionated person → Brit. sl.
1915 ► BLOW a boaster; a braggart → Amer. dial.
1923 ► BILSH a boaster, a braggart → Sc.
1924 ► BUCKSTICK a boaster; a braggart → Anglo-Indian
1926 ► FATMOUTH a boaster; a braggart; a loquacious talker → US sl., chiefly African-American
1927 ► MOUTH ARTIST an empty boaster; a braggart → US sl.
1930 ► HALF-PINT HERO a boaster; a swaggerer → Royal Air Force usage
1930 ► POP-OFF a boastful or brash person → US sl.
1930 ► SIGNIFIER a person who boasts or makes insulting remarks → African-American sl.
1931 ► TROMBENICK → TROMBENIK a boaster, a braggart → US sl.
1931 ► WINNISTER → WINNOWSTER a boastful person; a braggart; a ‘windbag’ → Sc.
1932 ► BIG DOING(S)  a boaster, a braggart; a pompous person, a show-off, a bully → US sl.
1932 ► SPANISH ATHLETE a boaster; a braggart; one who ‘throws the bull’; one who talks nonsense → US students’ sl.
1933 ► BULLSHITTER a person who excels at boasting or lying; a flatterer; an exaggerated talker → sl., orig. US
1934 ► BRAGGY an excessively boastful person; a braggart → Amer. dial.
1934 ► WOOFER a senseless boaster or chatterer; a person who ‘woofs’ or talks idly → African-American sl.
1938 ► BILGE ARTIST a boaster; a braggart → Aust. sl.
1940 ► BUTTON-BUSTER a boaster; a braggart → sl., orig. African-American
1942 ► BULLSHIT ARTIST a person who excels at boasting or lying; a flatterer; an exaggerated talker → sl., orig. US
1942 ► LINE-SHOOTER a boastful talker → Brit. sl.
1943 ► BIGNADUO a boaster, a bumptious person, a show-off, one who puts on airs → W. Indies
1947 ► POCATELLO YARDMASTER a boastful or pompous person; a fraud; a blowhard → Amer. dial.
1950 ► ALLIGATOR MOUTH a boaster; a braggart; someone with an inclination to boast or brag but insufficient courage to back up their words → US sl.
1950 ► BLOW BAG a boaster, a braggart → Amer. dial.
1950 ► BLOW BELLY a boaster, a braggart → Amer. dial.
1950 ► BLOW-OFF a boaster, a braggart → Amer. dial.
1950 ► BLOW TOP a boaster, a braggart → Amer. dial.
1959 ► RING-TAILED SCREAMER a loud-mouthed boaster; a powerful, violent, or wild person → Amer. dial.
1960 ► BILGE LIZARD a boaster; a braggart → UK sl.
1965 ► BALLOON a boastful or self-important idiot; a garrulous person, one full of hot air; a fool → Sc. & Irish English colloq.
1965 ► BLOW BOY a boaster, a braggart → Amer. dial.
1965 ► BLOWFLY a boaster, a braggart → Amer. dial.
1965 ► BLOW GEORGE a boaster, a braggart → Amer. dial.
1965 ► BLOW GUT a boaster, a braggart → Amer. dial.
1965 ► BLOW HAMMER a boaster, a braggart → Amer. dial.
1965 ► BLOW HEELS a boaster, a braggart → Amer. dial.
1965 ► BLOW HOLE a boaster, a braggart → Amer. dial.
1965 ► BLOW HORN a boaster, a braggart → Amer. dial.
1965 ► BLOW HOT a boaster, a braggart → Amer. dial.
1965 ► BLOW HOUSE a boaster, a braggart → Amer. dial.
1965 ► BLOW PIPE a boaster, a braggart → Amer. dial.
1966 ► AIRJAMMER a boaster; a big talker → Amer. dial.
1966 ► MOUTH-OFF a boaster; a braggart, a chatterer → sl., orig. US
1967 ► CASSIUS CLAY a talkative person; a braggart or boastful person → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1968 ► BLOWGUN a boaster; a braggart; a loudmouth → Amer. dial.
1970 ► SHITTER a boaster; a braggart → sl., orig. US
1972 ► MOTHER SUPERIOR a boastful, blustering person; a blow-hard → homosexual sl. (Bk.)
1974 ► MIGHTY MOUTH a boastful person; a gossip → sl.
1975 ► TAFFY-HEAD a boaster; a braggart, a ‘big-head’ → sl.
1987 ► BIG-NOTER a braggart; a boastful person → Aust. sl.
1995 ► BIG SKITE an arrant boaster → NZ sl. (Bk.)
1998 ► FANNY MERCHANT a person who offers only empty boasts and promises → sl.

PHRASES
..E19 ► ALL WIND AND PISS LIKE A BARBER’S CAT said of a man given to much talk, esp. to much boasting and little performance
1865 ► LIKE MALACHI’S CHILD, CHOKEFULL OF SENSE said of anyone who boasts of himself or of his children → Eng. dial.
1950 ► HE’S GOT AN ALLIGATOR MOUTH AND A CANARY ASS said of a person with an inclination to boast or brag but insufficient courage to back up their words → US sl.
1950 ► HE’S GOT AN ALLIGATOR MOUTH AND A HUMMINGBIRD ASS said of a person with an inclination to boast or brag but insufficient courage to back up their words → US sl.

VERBS
..888 ► YELP to boast; to speak vaingloriously → obs.
1000 ► BEOTE → BEOTEN to boast, to threaten → obs.
1200 ► ROOSE to boast or be proud of something → obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1315 ► KEB to boast, to brag → obs.
1330 ► BEYELP to boast of; to talk loudly of, to glory in → obs.
1377 ► ABOAST to address boastfully or haughtily 
1386 ► SING to boast, to make a noise about something; to cry out with pain 
1400 ► VAUNT to boast or brag; to use boastful or bragging language → arch.
1413 ► ADVANCE to boast; to extol, to magnify in words → obs.
1450 ► POMP to boast, to brag → obs.
1470 ► CRACK  to talk big, to boast, to brag → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1504 ► EXTOL to boast of; to raise too high, to make too much of; to exaggerate → obs.
1513 ► VOUST to boast, to brag, to vaunt → Sc.
1529 ► CROW to boast; to exult loudly, to swagger 
1530 ► MAKE A VAUNT to boast, to brag 
1530 ► RAIL to boast; to brag → obs.
1541 ► ADVANT to boast; to vaunt → obs.
1619 ► THRASONIZE to boast, to brag → obs.
1621 ► CRAKE to boast, to brag; to gossip → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1628 ► VAPOUR to boast; to brag, to swagger, to exult; to bully; to flourish menacingly; to threaten with violence 
1637 ► VAINGLORY to boast; to exalt or make much of oneself unduly; to indulge in vainglory → obs.
1638 ► CRY ROAST MEAT to boast about one’s situation; to announce to others a piece of private luck or good fortune → obs.
1663 ► RODOMONTADO to treat in a boastful manner → obs.
1670 ► OSTENTATE to boast → obs.
1674 ► GAUSTER → GOWSTER → GOYSTER to boast; to brag; to behave in a noisy, boisterous, or swaggering fashion; to frolic and romp → Eng. dial.
1681 ► RODOMONTADE to boast; to brag; to rant 
1683 ► TAPER to boast; to talk loftily → obs.
1699 ► TALK BIG to talk boastfully; to brag; to indulge in inflated language → colloq.
1727 ► GASCONADE → GASCONNADE to boast extravagantly 
1748 ► STUMP to boast; to swagger  → sl.
1781 ► VAMPER → VOMPER to boast, to bluster, to swagger; to bully → Eng. dial.
1785 ► VAPER to boast; to brag, to swagger, to exult; to bully; to flourish menacingly; to threaten with violence → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1790 ► FRATCH to boast unduly; to lie; to shuffle or cheat in joke → Eng. dial.
1790 ► VOOST to boast; to brag, to vaunt → Sc. obs.
..19C ► CACK to boast, to brag, esp. of one’s good fortune → Eng. dial. & African-American
..19C ► COCKERATE to boast, to brag → Eng. dial.
1808 ► GANDY → GANIE to talk in a boastful, blustering, pert fashion → Sc. obs.
1809 ► SWANK to boast, to behave boastfully, self-importantly, or ostentatiously; to swagger; to show off → sl.
1812 ► MANG to boast; to speak or talk → sl.
1817 ► BLAZE to boast; to bluster, to brag → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1818 ► GOB to brag, to boast; to talk impudently or idly → Eng. dial.
1824 ► GOWST to boast → Sc.
1825 ► GAB to boast, to brag → arch.
1825 ► GULE to flout, to sneer; to laugh, to make fun of, to jeer, to boast → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1833 ► TALK LARGE to boast; to talk big → Amer. sl.
1850 ► BRAG ON to boast about or praise someone or something → Amer. dial.
1852 ► BLOW to boast, to brag → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1852 ► GAS to talk boastfully; to indulge in empty talk → sl., orig. US
1857 ► SKITE to boast, to behave boastfully, self-importantly, or ostentatiously → Aust. & NZ sl.
1864 ► SHOOT OFF ONE’S MOUTH to boast; to brag; to talk indiscreetly or abusively; to talk unrestrainedly or at length, to assert one’s opinions → sl.
1866 ► GANGE → GAUNGE to boast; to brag; to exaggerate, to fib → Sc.
1877 ► BLOW ONE’S BAZOO to boast → Amer. dial.
1877 ► VAMP to boast, to brag, to vaunt  → Eng. dial.
1883 ► BE JOHN AT NIGHT AND JACK IN THE MORNING to boast of one’s intentions overnight and leave them unfulfilled next day → Eng. dial.
1888 ► TALK TALL to talk boastfully; to indulge in inflated language → colloq.
1891 ► RAP OUT to boast; to speak angrily and quickly; to use bad language; to speak plainly → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1896 ► SHOOT ONE’S MOUTH OFF to boast, to behave boastfully, self-importantly, or ostentatiously → sl., orig. US
1898 ► BARGE → BAUGE to boast, to brag → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► BARK to boast, to ‘crow’ → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► BARRACK to be boastful of one’s fighting powers → N. Ireland (Bk.)
1898 ► REAR to boast → Eng. dial.
..20C ► CRACK ON to boast; to talk incessantly → colloq.
..20C ► KEEP A SWANNERY to boast; to boost one’s own achievements 
..E20 ► SHOVEL THE SHIT to boast or lie excessively → US sl.
1900 ► FLING THE MELL to boast, to brag, to exaggerate → Sc.
1904 ► SCAWT to boast, to give oneself airs; to walk arrogantly → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 ► SCOG to boast, to brag; to be self-important → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 ► SCROG to boast; to praise → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► RAP to boast, to brag → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► VOLK to boast; to speak admiringly of any person or thing; to flatter → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1906 ► BOOST to boast, to laud → Amer. dial.
1911 ► BLAST → BLOST to boast; to brag → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 ► BLEEZE to boast; to bluster; to spread news or scandal; to defame; to boast → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 ► BLOUST to boast; to brag; to bluster → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 ► BRAIG to boast; to brag → Sc. (Bk.)
1913 ► GLORY to boast about → Amer. dial.
1913 ► MAKE BRAGS to boast; to brag → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1915 ► GANNIE UPON to boast about → Sc.
1915 ► WINDJAM to boast, to brag, to talk big → Amer. dial.
1917 ► BEAT THE BREEZE to boast; to talk → Amer. sl.
1917 ► SWING THE LEAD to boast; to exaggerate → Amer. sl.  
1920 ► GAM to boast, to show off  → African-American sl.
1920 ► LAIR to boast; to brag; to act in a showy manner → Aust. sl.
1920 ► LAIRIZE to boast; to brag; to act in a showy manner → Aust. sl.
1920 ► LARE UP to boast; to brag; to act in a showy manner → Aust. sl.
1920 ► SIG to boast or pretend to a greater sophistication that one actually possesses → African-American sl.
1920 ► SIGNIFY to boast or pretend to a greater sophistication that one actually possesses → African-American sl.
1925 ► TELL A WINDY to tell a boastful story → Amer. dial.
1928 ► AIR ONE’S PAUNCH to boast, to brag → US sl., chiefly West. usage
1931 ► WOOF to boast, esp. menacingly, to intimidate, or provoke; to engage in speech intended to impress → Amer. dial.
1940 ► CACKLE ONE’S FAT to boast; to brag; to express a self-opinionated, esp. if contradictory, point of view → sl.
1940 ► PUT ONE’S MONEY WHERE ONE’S MOUTH IS to back one’s boasting with suitable action → sl., orig. US
1941 ► SHOOT A LINE to boast, to brag → Brit. sl.
1942 ► LINE-SHOOT to boast, to brag → Brit. sl.
1959 ► HOT-DOG to show off; to display one’s abilities or accomplishments in a boastful manner; to perform with ostentatious skill → US & Aust. sl.
1960 ► POP-OFF to boast; to brag → sl.
1960 ► POP OFF AT THE MOUTH to boast; to brag → sl.
1960 ► POP SHIT to boast; to talk nonsense → sl.
1960 ► SELL A WOLF TICKET → SELL A WOOF TICKET to boast; to brag → African-American sl.
1962 ► FAT-MOUTH to boast; to be cheeky, to talk glibly, persuasively, or excessively → sl., orig. African-American
1967 ► KVELL to boast, to brag → US sl.
1970 ► SELL A WOLF → SELL A WOOF to boast; to brag; to show off; to talk loudly; to tell a lie → African-American sl.
1975 ► BLOW SMOKE to boast, to brag, to exaggerate → US sl. (Bk.)
1987 ► BIG-NOTE to boast; to praise → Aust. sl.
1999 ► STACK IT to boast; to brag → NZ prison sl.