Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bravado"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bravado \Bra*va"do\ (br[.a]*v[=a]"d[-o]), n., pl. {Bravadoes}
(-d[-o]z). [Sp. bravada, bravata, boast, brag: cf. F.
bravade. See {Brave}.]
Boastful and threatening behavior; a boastful menace.
In spite of our host's bravado. --Irving.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bravado
n : a swaggering show of courage [syn: {bluster}]
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