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The definition of gloat is to brag or to have a feeling of self-satisfaction.

(verb)

When you dance around and shout "victory, victory!" after your team wins, this is an example of gloat.

See gloat in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb

to gaze or think with exultation or malicious pleasure: often with over

Origin: prob. via dial. < OE *glotian or ON glotta, to grin scornfully, akin to Ger glotzen, E dial. glout, to stare < IE *ĝhlud- < base *ĝhel-, to shine > glow

noun

the act of gloating

See gloat in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb gloat·ed, gloat·ing, gloats

To feel or express great, often malicious, pleasure or self-satisfaction: Don't gloat over your rival's misfortune.

noun

The act of gloating.
A feeling of great, often malicious, pleasure or self-satisfaction.

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Origin: Perhaps of Scandinavian origin; see ghel-² in Indo-European roots

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gloatˈer noun

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