gloat

• glote, glout (both obsolete?)

From Middle English *gloten, glouten, from Old Norse glotta (“to grin, smile scornfully”) or Old English *glotian, both from Proto-Germanic *glutōną (“to stare”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shine”), related to dialectal Swedish glotta, glutta (“to peep”), Middle High German glutzen, glotzen (“to stare”), Modern German glotzen (“to gawk, goggle”).[1]

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡloʊt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡləʊt/

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• Rhymes: -əʊt

gloat (third-person singular simple present gloats, present participle gloating, simple past and past participle gloated)

1. To exhibit a conspicuous (sometimes malevolent) pleasure or sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune.

   You did well to win the game, but there's no need to gloat about it.

2. To triumph, crow, relish, glory, revel.

• gloater
• gloaty

gloat (plural gloats)

1. An act or instance of gloating.

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