boast

fe’l verb

1. To possess something special. His family boasted a famous name.
2. To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.
3. To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.
4. To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.

ot noun

1. Something that one brags about. It was his regular boast that he could eat two full English breakfasts in one sitting.
2. A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself.
3. A shot where the ball is driven off a side wall and then strikes the front wall.