[f. BRAG v. + -ING1.] The action of BRAG v.
1399. Pol. Poems (1859), I. 401. Ffor braggynge and ffor bostynge.
1549. Olde, Erasm. Par., 1 Thess. ii. 1. We came not unto you, with bragging and staring.
1604. Meet. Gallants at Ordin., 24. Such a bragging and a cracking.
1866. Livingstone, Jrnl. (1873), I. v. 128. An ebullition of beer bragging.
