crowing


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]