crowing (
http://definr.com/crowing)
adj : exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" [syn:
boastful,
braggart(a),
bragging(a),
braggy,
big,
cock-a-hoop,
self-aggrandizing,
self-aggrandising]
n : an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his
fight" [syn:
brag,
bragging,
crow,
vaporing,
line-shooting]