buckstick
Definition
Noun (slang): A person who habitually boasts or brags about themselves, their achievements, or possessions.
Usage Examples
- (A person who boasted excessively about his material wealth.)
- (A person who constantly brags about family accomplishments.)
Advanced Usage
"to act like a buckstick": to behave in a boastful or self-aggrandizing manner.
- Stop acting like a buckstick and let others speak. (Cease your boastful behavior and listen to others.)
"a buckstick's tale": a story or account that is exaggerated or filled with self-praise.
- His account of the fishing trip was a buckstick's tale, full of impossible catches. (An exaggerated, self-glorifying story.)
Variants and Related Words
Bucksticking (n): the act or habit of bragging or boasting.
- His constant bucksticking annoyed his colleagues. (His habitual boasting.)
Buckstickish (adj): having the quality of being boastful or showy.
- Her buckstickish remarks made her seem insecure. (Boastful remarks.)
Synonyms
- Braggart: a person who boasts loudly or persistently.
- Show-off: someone who behaves in a way intended to attract attention or admiration.
- Windbag: a person who talks too much, especially about trivial or boastful matters.
Related Idioms
Blow one's own trumpet: to boast about one's own achievements.
- He's always blowing his own trumpet at meetings, just like a buckstick. (He constantly boasts.)
Sing one's own praises: to speak highly of oneself.
- She spent the evening singing her own praises, a true buckstick. (She praised herself excessively.)