[keng tāe pāk] (v, exp) EN: brag ; talk big ; boast ; swagger ; vaunt ; know only how to talkFR: être fort en parole ; être un fort en gueule (fam.) ; avoir une grande gueule (fam.)
n.; pl.Waggeries [ From Wag. ] The manner or action of a wag; mischievous merriment; sportive trick or gayety; good-humored sarcasm; pleasantry; jocularity; as, the waggery of a schoolboy. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
A drollery and lurking waggery of expression. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]
[とらのいをかるきつね, toranoiwokarukitsune](exp) (id) person who swaggers about under borrowed authority; small man acting arrogantly through borrowed authority; a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger[Add to Longdo]