[syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gasconade \Gas`con*ade"\, n. [F. gasconnade, from Gascon an
inhabitant of Gascony, the people of which were noted for
boasting.]
A boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging;
braggodocio. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gasconade \Gas`con*ade"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gasconaded; p.
pr. & vb. n. Gasconading.]
To boast; to brag; to bluster.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gasconade
n 1: an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his
fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"
[syn: brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing,
line-shooting, gasconade]
v 1: show off [syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line,
brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "gasconade":
blow, bluff, bluster, bluster and bluff, boast, bounce, brag,
bully, cock-a-doodle-doo, crow, draw the longbow, flourish, hector,
intimidate, mouth, out-herod Herod, prate, puff, rage, rant, rave,
rodomontade, roister, rollick, slang, speak for Buncombe, splutter,
sputter, storm, swagger, swashbuckle, vapor, vaunt
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Gasconade -- U.S. County in Missouri
Population (2000): 15342
Housing Units (2000): 7813
Land area (2000): 520.668439 sq. miles (1348.525009 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 5.426543 sq. miles (14.054682 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 526.094982 sq. miles (1362.579691 sq. km)
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 38.449325 N, 91.512590 W
Headwords:
Gasconade
Gasconade, MO
Gasconade County
Gasconade County, MO
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Gasconade, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000): 267
Housing Units (2000): 141
Land area (2000): 0.208511 sq. miles (0.540042 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.208511 sq. miles (0.540042 sq. km)
FIPS code: 26578
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 38.670790 N, 91.559140 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Gasconade, MO
Gasconade