Gasconade

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
gasconade
    n 1: an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his
         fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"
         [syn: {brag}, {bragging}, {crow}, {crowing}, {vaporing},
         {line-shooting}, {gasconade}]
    v 1: show off [syn: {boast}, {tout}, {swash}, {shoot a line},
         {brag}, {gas}, {blow}, {bluster}, {vaunt}, {gasconade}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Gasconade \Gas`con*ade"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gasconaded}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Gasconading}.]
   To boast; to brag; to bluster.
   [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Gasconade \Gas`con*ade"\, n. [F. gasconnade, from Gascon an
   inhabitant of Gascony, the people of which were noted for
   boasting.]
   A boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging;
   braggodocio. --Swift.
   [1913 Webster]
from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Gasconade, MO (city, FIPS 26578)
  Location: 38.66936 N, 91.56029 W
  Population (1990): 253 (160 housing units)
  Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Gasconade, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
   Population (2000):    267
   Housing Units (2000): 141
   Land area (2000):     0.208511 sq. miles (0.540042 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.208511 sq. miles (0.540042 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            26578
   Located within:       Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
   Location:             38.670790 N, 91.559140 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Gasconade, MO
    Gasconade
from U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
Gasconade -- U.S. County in Missouri
   Population (2000):    15342
   Housing Units (2000): 7813
   Land area (2000):     520.668439 sq. miles (1348.525009 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    5.426543 sq. miles (14.054682 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    526.094982 sq. miles (1362.579691 sq. km)
   Located within:       Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
   Location:             38.449325 N, 91.512590 W
   Headwords:
    Gasconade
    Gasconade, MO
    Gasconade County
    Gasconade County, MO
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "gasconade":
      blow, bluff, bluster, bluster and bluff, boast, bounce, brag,
      bully, cock-a-doodle-doo, crow, draw the longbow, flourish, hector,
      intimidate, mouth, out-herod Herod, prate, puff, rage, rant, rave,
      rodomontade, roister, rollick, slang, speak for Buncombe, splutter,
      sputter, storm, swagger, swashbuckle, vapor, vaunt
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