noun
- Plural of gasconade; boastful or exaggerated talk; bragging.
Usage: Often used in literary or formal contexts.
verb
- Third-person singular present tense of gasconade; to talk in a boastful or exaggerated manner.
Usage: Transitive or intransitive use.
Examples
- His gasconades about his athletic achievements fooled no one.
- She gasconades constantly about her family's wealth and connections.
- The politician's speech was full of gasconades and empty promises.
- He gasconades about his travels, claiming to have visited every country on Earth.
- Their gasconades grew more outlandish with each retelling of the story.
- The old sailor gasconades about storms he has weathered at sea.