vaunt

Plural: vaunts

Noun

extravagant self-praise
An instance of vaunting; a boast.
The first part.

Verb

Verb Forms: vaunted, vaunting, vaunts

To boast about one's achievements, talents, or possessions.
show off
To speak boastfully.
To speak boastfully about.
To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.

Examples

He tried not to vaunt his victory too much after playing a seven-letter word with all his tiles.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English vaunten, from Anglo-Norman vaunter, variant of Old French vanter, from Latin vānus (“vain, boastful”).

Synonyms

blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout

Scrabble Score: 8

vaunt: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
vaunt: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
vaunt: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

vaunt: valid Words With Friends Word