bragging

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹaɡɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: brag‧ging
• Rhymes: -æɡɪŋ

bragging (plural braggings)

1. The act of one who brags.
   • 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, OCLC 1049770437; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, OCLC 20350211:

     […] there was a glint of amused contempt in his black eyes — contempt, as if he listened to the braggings of children.

• bragging rights

bragging

1. present participle of brag