boast

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
boast1

▶verb

• 1 talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about oneself.

• 2 possess (a feature that is a source of pride).

▶noun an act of boasting.

– derivatives
boaster noun,
boasting adjective,
boastingly adverb.

– origin ME: of unknown origin.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
boast2

▶noun (in squash) a stroke in which the ball hits a side wall before hitting the front wall.

– origin C19: perh. from Fr. bosse, denoting a rounded projection in the wall of a court for real tennis.