- (transitive) to describe, praise, or display (one's success, possessions, etc) boastfully
- (intransitive) rare or literary to use boastful language; brag
- a boast
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vaunt•ing
(vôn′ting, vän′-),USA pronunciation adj.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026- having a boastfully proud disposition:a vaunting dictator.
- marked by boastful pride:a vaunting air of superiority.
- vaunt + -ing2 1580–90
vaunt /vɔnt, vɑnt/USA pronunciation
v. [~ + object]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- to boast of;
brag about:to vaunt one's achievements.
vaunt
(vônt, vänt),USA pronunciation v.t.
v.i.
n.
vaunt′er, n.
vaunt′ing•ly, adv.
- to speak vaingloriously of;
boast of:to vaunt one's achievements.
v.i.
- to speak boastfully;
brag.
n.
- a boastful action or utterance.
- Late Latin vānitāre, frequentative of *vānāre, derivative of Latin vānus vain. See vanity
- Middle French vanter to boast
- Middle English vaunten 1350–1400
vaunt′ing•ly, adv.
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vaunt /vɔːnt/ vb
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