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protzen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • crow noun A large black bird with a harsh, cawing call.
  • flaunt verb To show something off in an obvious, sometimes boastful way.
  • gloat verb To show obvious, often smug pleasure at your own success or at someone else's failure.
  • splurge verb To spend money freely and extravagantly.

Senses

protzen is used for these senses in English:

  • crow (intransitive) To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.
  • gloat To triumph, crow, relish, glory, revel.
  • splurge An extravagant or ostentatious display. [from 1828]

crow — full definition

  1. noun A large black bird with a harsh, cawing call.
  2. verb Of a rooster, to make its loud characteristic call, especially at dawn.
  3. verb To boast or express triumphant satisfaction, often annoyingly.

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