boast
Because it is a word with a single syllable, boast is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofboast
- A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself.
- Something that one brags about.
Example: "It was his regular boast that he could eat two full English breakfasts in one sitting."
- A shot where the ball is driven off a side wall and then strikes the front wall.
- To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.
- To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.
- To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.
- To play a boast shot.
- To possess something special.
Example: "His family boasted a famous name."
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