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noun
- 1. extravagant boasting. literary
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Gasconade definition: extravagant boasting; boastful talk.. See examples of GASCONADE used in a sentence.
noun. gas· co· nade ˌga-skə-ˈnād. Synonyms of gasconade. : bravado, boasting. gasconade intransitive verb. gasconader noun. Synonyms. bluster. bombast. braggadocio. bull [ slang] cockalorum. fanfaronade. gas. grandiloquence. hot air. magniloquence. rant. rodomontade. rhodomontade. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.
/ˌˈgæskəˌˈneɪd/ IPA guide. Other forms: gasconading; gasconades; gasconaded. Definitions of gasconade. noun. an instance of boastful talk. “whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade ” synonyms: brag, bragging, crow, crowing, line-shooting, vaporing. see more. verb. show off.
noun. 1. boastful talk, bragging, or bluster. verb. 2. (intransitive) to boast, brag, or bluster. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms. gasconader (ˌgasconˈader) noun. Word origin. C18: from French gasconnade, from gasconner to chatter, boast like a Gascon. Word Frequency. gasconade in American English.
Define gasconade. gasconade synonyms, gasconade pronunciation, gasconade translation, English dictionary definition of gasconade. n. Boastfulness; bravado. gas′con·ade′ v. gas′con·ad′er n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the word gasconade, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
To boast or bluster. Webster's New World. Alternative spelling of gasconade. Wiktionary. Synonyms: