talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities

she boasted about her many conquests

he boasted that he had taken part in the crime

Ted used to boast ‘I manage ten people.’

(of a person, place, or thing) possess (a feature that is a source of pride)

the hotel boasts high standards of comfort

an act of talking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction

I said I would win and it wasn't an idle boast

(in squash) a stroke in which the ball is made to hit one of the side walls before hitting the front wall