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How to pronounce “boast”
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Pronunciation guide for boast
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of boast with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Feminist Fight Club
There's a term I have in the book called 'boast bitch.'
- Definition summary
- A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce boast
Feminist Fight Club
There's a term I have in the book called 'boast bitch.'
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “boast”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself.
- Something that one brags about.
- (squash) A shot where the ball is driven off a side wall and then strikes the front wall.
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.
- (transitive) (used with "about" or "of") To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.
- (obsolete) To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.
- (squash) To play a boast shot.
- (transitive) To possess (a special and desirable quality).
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