different between brag vs brah

English

Etymology

From Middle English braggen (“to make a loud noise; to speak boastfully”) of unknown origin. Possibly related to the Middle English adjective brag (“prideful; spirited”), which is probably of Celtic origin; or from Old Norse bragr (“best; foremost; poetry”); or through Old English from Old Norse braka (“to creak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?æ?/
• Hyphenation: brag
• Rhymes: -æ?

Noun

brag (plural brags)

1. A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification.
2. The thing which is boasted of.
3. (by ellipsis) The card game three card brag.

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Derived terms

• bragless

Translations

Verb

brag (third-person singular simple present brags, present participle bragging, simple past and past participle bragged)

1. (intransitive) To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to popularize oneself.

2. (transitive) To boast of.

Synonyms

• boast

Hyponyms

• brag on

Derived terms

• braggard
• humblebrag

Related terms

• bragging rights

Translations

Adjective

brag (comparative bragger, superlative braggest)

1. Excellent; first-rate.
2. (archaic) Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.
   • 1633, Ben Jonson, A Tale of a Tub

   a woundy, brag young fellow

Adverb

brag (comparative more brag, superlative most brag)

1. (obsolete) proudly; boastfully

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References

Anagrams

• ARGB, garb, grab

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse brak.

Noun

brag n (singular definite braget, plural indefinite brag)

1. bang, crash

Inflection

Related terms

• brage verb

Verb

brag

1. imperative of brage

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian bregge, which derives from Proto-Germanic *brugj?. Cognates include West Frisian brêge.

Noun

brag f (plural bragen)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) bridge

English

Alternative forms

• bra, bro, bruh

Noun

brah (plural brahs)

1. Alternative spelling of bra (“brother, friend”).
   • 2005, Kem Nunn, Tapping the Source:

     Hey, brah, do me a favor. Don't lay your guilt trip on me. Why didn't you tell her?

Anagrams

• Bahr., Harb, h bar, h-bar, hbar

Alak

Noun

brah

1. (Harak) sky

Alternative forms

• prah (Alak)

Further reading

• Theraphan L. Thongkum, The place of Lawi, Harak and Tariang within Bahnaric (1997), in The Mon-Khmer Studies Journal, volume 27

Hawaiian Creole

Etymology

From English brother.

Noun

brah

1. male friend, bro