bragging
part of speech
noun (bragging, uncountable); verb -ing form of brag (brag, brags, bragged, bragging)
meaning for a pupil
1) Talking proudly about yourself and what you have or can do, in a way that annoys others: boasting. tree →
2) (as in "bragging rights") The right to boast because you won. tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories and lessons on kindness it shows a character who is a show-off. In everyday life it comes up after games and tests. Phrases: "stop bragging", "bragging about", "bragging rights".
examples
- Stop bragging about your new trainers. tree →
- He was bragging that he scored three goals. tree →
- Nobody likes bragging. tree →
- The winners get bragging rights until next year. tree →
- She kept bragging about her test score. tree →
- In the fable, the hare was bragging about his speed. tree →
- We are tired of hearing you bragging about yourself, you little turkey cock! tree →
note
The g doubles: brag, bragged, bragging. Similar word: boasting. Telling people good news is fine; bragging means doing it to look better than others.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «bragging» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.