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VAUNT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("vaunt" is a kind of...):
boast; boasting; jactitation; self-praise (speaking of yourself in superlatives)
Derivation:
vaunt (show off)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they vaunt
... he / she / it vaunts
Past simple: vaunted
-ing form: vaunting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
blow; bluster; boast; brag; gas; gasconade; shoot a line; swash; tout; vaunt
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "vaunt" is one way to...):
amplify; exaggerate; hyperbolise; hyperbolize; magnify; overdraw; overstate (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "vaunt"):
puff (speak in a blustering or scornful manner)
crow; gloat; triumph (dwell on with satisfaction)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to somebody
Derivation:
vaunt (extravagant self-praise)
vaunter (a very boastful and talkative person)