[f. prec. sb.] intr. To show bravado, talk defiantly, put on a bold face. Hence Bravadoing vbl. sb. and ppl. a.
1800. Mar. Edgeworth, Belinda, I. iv. 72. I bravadoed to Harriet most magnanimously. Ibid. (1809–12), Almeria, Wks. 1832, VII. 283. Notwithstanding her bravadoing air, [she] was frequently perplexed and anxious.
1826. Blackw. Mag., XIX. Pref. 9. There was … much bravadoing and even apparent offers of battle.
1840. T. Hook, Fitzherbert, III. xvii. 333. They tried to bravado it out.
