Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Gasconade \Gas`con*ade"\, n. [F. gasconnade, from Gascon an
inhabitant of Gascony, the people of which were noted for
boasting.]
A boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging;
braggodocio. --Swift.
Gasconade \Gas`con*ade"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gasconaded}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Gasconading}.]
To boast; to brag; to bluster.
Source : WordNet®
gasconade
n : an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his
fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his
gasconade" [syn: {brag}, {bragging}, {crow}, {crowing}, {vaporing},
{line-shooting}]
v : show off [syn: {boast}, {tout}, {swash}, {shoot a line}, {brag},
{gas}, {blow}, {bluster}, {vaunt}]