/ɡloʊt/, /ɡləʊt/
OriginFrom 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”).
- 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.”
- To triumph, crow, relish, glory, revel.
- An act or instance of gloating.
“They spun wildly on their heels, jodelling after the accepted manner of a 'gloat,' which is not unremotely allied to the primitive man's song of triumph […]”
Formsgloats(present, singular, third-person) · gloating(participle, present) · gloated(participle, past) · gloated(past) · glote(alternative) · glout(alternative) · gloats(plural)
Source: Wiktionary