"boasting" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈboʊstɪŋ/ [General-American] Forms: boastings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} boasting (plural boastings)
  1. The making of boasts. Translations (the making of boasts): σεμνολογία (semnología) (Ancient Greek), Prahlen [neuter] (German), Prahlerei [feminine] (German), Angeben [neuter] (German), Angabe [feminine] (German), iactantia [feminine] (Latin), skryt [neuter] (Swedish), skrävel [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-boasting-en-noun-Nhi5jvuN

Verb

IPA: /ˈboʊstɪŋ/ [General-American]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} boasting
  1. present participle and gerund of boast Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: boast
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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