GASCONADE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gasconade mean? 

• GASCONADE (noun)
  The noun GASCONADE has 1 sense:

1. an instance of boastful talk

  Familiarity information: GASCONADE used as a noun is very rare.

• GASCONADE (verb)
  The verb GASCONADE has 1 sense:

1. show off

  Familiarity information: GASCONADE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GASCONADE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An instance of boastful talk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

brag; bragging; crow; crowing; gasconade; line-shooting; vaporing

Context example:

whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade

Hypernyms ("gasconade" is a kind of...):

boast; boasting; jactitation; self-praise (speaking of yourself in superlatives)

Derivation:

gasconade (show off)

• GASCONADE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Show off

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

blow; bluster; boast; brag; gas; gasconade; shoot a line; swash; tout; vaunt

Hypernyms (to "gasconade" is one way to...):

amplify; exaggerate; hyperbolise; hyperbolize; magnify; overdraw; overstate (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "gasconade"):

puff (speak in a blustering or scornful manner)

crow; gloat; triumph (dwell on with satisfaction)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to somebody

Derivation:

gasconade (an instance of boastful talk)