Definition of "boast" in English

noun

1. A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself.

2. Something that one brags about.

   • It was his regular boast that he could eat two full English breakfasts in one sitting.

3. (squash) A shot where the ball is driven off a side wall and then strikes the front wall.

verb

1. (intransitive) To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.

2. (transitive) (used with "about" or "of") To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.

3. (obsolete) To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.

4. (squash) To play a boast shot.

5. (transitive) To possess (a special and desirable quality).

   • The hotel boasts one of the best views of the sea.
   • His family boasted a famous name.

verb

1. (masonry) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.

2. (sculpting) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.