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Definitions for: Gasconade [v] show off
Webster (1913) Definition: Gas`con*ade", n. [F. gasconnade, from Gascon an
inhabitant of Gascony, the people of which were noted for
boasting.]
A boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging;
braggodocio. --Swift.
Gas`con*ade", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gasconaded; p.
pr. & vb. n. Gasconading.]
To boast; to brag; to bluster.
Synonyms: blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt
See Also: amplify, crow, exaggerate, gloat, hyerbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate, puff, triumph
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