gasconade Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an instance of boastful talk
    crow; vaporing; crowing; bragging; brag; line-shooting.
    • his brag is worse than his fight
    • whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade
  2. verb show off
    blow; boast; gas; brag; tout; swash; bluster; shoot a line; vaunt.

WordNet

Gas`con*ade" noun
Etymology
F. gasconnade, from Gascon an inhabitant of Gascony, the people of which were noted for boasting.
Definitions
  1. A boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging; braggodocio. Swift.
Gas`con*ade" intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Gasconaded; present participle & verbal noun Gasconading
Definitions
  1. To boast; to brag; to bluster.

Webster 1913