Gas·con·ade (g s k -n d ) A river rising in the Ozark Plateau of south-central Missouri and flowing about 426 km (265 mi) generally northeast to the Missouri River east of Jefferson City. |
| gas·con·ade (gsk-nd) n. Boastfulness; bravado. [French gasconnade, from Gascon, Gascon; see Gascon.] gas con·ade v.gas con·ader n. |
gasconade [ˌgæskəˈneɪd] Rare
n
boastful talk, bragging, or bluster
vb
(intr) to boast, brag, or bluster
[from French gasconnade, from gasconner to chatter, boast like a Gascon]
gasconader n
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| Noun | 1. |  gasconade - an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade" |
| Verb | 1. |  gasconade - show off puff - speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man" exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, amplify, magnify, overdraw - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" |
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