Bragged vs Blagged - What's the difference?
bragged | blagged |
(brag)
To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, can do, or has done.
* Shakespeare
To boast of.
*Shakespeare
A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification.
* Shakespeare
The thing which is boasted of.
* Milton
(by ellipsis) The card game three card brag.
First-rate.
(archaic) Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.
* Ben Jonson
(blag)
(British, informal, transitive) To obtain (something) for free, particularly by guile or persuasion.
(British, informal) More specifically, to obtain confidential information by impersonation or other deception.
(British, informal, transitive) To beg, to cadge.
(UK, informal, transitive) To steal.
(Polari) To pick up someone.
To persuade.
To deceive, to perpetrate a hoax on.
(British, informal) A means of obtaining something by trick or deception.
An armed robbery.
(British, informal) Fake, not genuine.
As verbs the difference between bragged and blagged
is that bragged is (brag) while blagged is (blag).bragged
English
Verb
(head)brag
English
Verb
- to brag of one's exploits, courage, or money
- Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, / Brags of his substance, not of ornament.
- Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade
Synonyms
* boastDerived terms
* braggart * bragging rights * humblebragNoun
(en noun)- Caesar made not here his brag / Of "came", and "saw", and "overcame".
- Beauty is Nature's brag .
- (Chesterfield)
Adjective
(bragger)- a brag young fellow
References
Anagrams
* * ----blagged
English
Verb
(head)blag
English
Verb
(blagg)- The newspaper is accused of blagging details of Gordon Brown's flat purchase from his solicitors.
- Can I blag a fag?
- He's blagged his way into many a party.
Synonyms
* pretextNoun
(en noun)- A good blag to get into a nightclub is to walk in carrying a record box.
Adjective
(en adjective)- You’re wearing a blag designer shirt!
Derived terms
* blagger, BlaggerExternal links
*blag] at [http://septicscompanion.com The Septic's Companion: A British Slang Dictionary----