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noun
Bragging or boasting, especially in a false manner to another's detriment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A false pretense of being married to somebody.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Extreme restlessness; tossing and turning in bed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
(pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: jactation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: restlessness, uneasiness, queasiness
noun
(law) a false boast that can harm others; especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: lie, prevarication
noun
speaking of yourself in superlatives
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: boast, boasting, self-praise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: speech act
Narrower terms: brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade, braggadocio, bluster, rodomontade, rhodomontade, vaunt, self-assertion
History
From Medieval Latin jactitio, from iactitō (“throw, fling; boast, brag; utter, mention”).
Across languages
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
