To boast of something.
To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to popularize oneself.
A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification.
The thing which is boasted of.
The card game three card brag.
Excellent; first-rate.
To portend, or give a warning of.
To call into question the validity of (a belief, idea, or viewpoint); to challenge.
He threatened me with a knife.
To make a threat against someone; to use threats.
To menace, or be dangerous.
To be close to equaling or surpassing (a record, etc.)