Meanings
verboutboast (third-person singular simple present outboasts, present participle outboasting, simple past and past participle outboasted)
present singular third person outboasts · participle present outboasting · participle past outboasted · past outboasted
- transitiveTo boast better than another, to make greater claims about oneself than another makes or is able to make.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úd
- Proto-Germanic*ūt
- Proto-Germanic*ūt-
- Old Englishūt-
- Middle Englishut-
- Englishout-
- Englishboast
- Englishoutboast
Translations
Spanish pavonearse más que alguien, jactarse más que alguien
- pavonearse más que alguienTo boast better than another, to make greater claims about oneself than another makes or is able to make
- jactarse más que alguienTo boast better than another, to make greater claims about oneself than another makes or is able to make
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APA
outboast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outboast
MLA
“outboast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outboast. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outboast,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outboast.
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