• (America) IPA: /ˈboʊstɪŋ/

1. Present participle and gerund of boast

boasting (plural boastings)

1. The making of boasts.
   • 1849, Elizabeth Wilson, A Scriptural View of Woman's Rights and Duties, page 367:

     Solomon says, "Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall." Some, as soon as their vain boastings were uttered, were made monuments of divine justice.

• German: Prahlen, Prahlerei, Angeben, Angabe