The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word BOASTING
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More clues leading to the result BOASTING
- Preening string of feathers, smart
- Sound as a bell to drink wine, showing off
- Speaking proudly of snake bite
- Crowing about snake bite
- Showing off snake bite
- Bragging about a snake bite
- Snake and cheat, swaggering
- Arrogant words: Nothing is involved in cooking a turkey
- Being proud to have snake bite
- Bragging about snake bite
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Being proud" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case being proud = boasting.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does BOASTING mean?
BOASTING verb- To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.
- To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.
- To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.
- To play a boast shot.
- To possess something special.
- To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.
- (sculpting) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.
- The making of boasts.