Definition of "gloat" []

• To feel or express great, often malicious, pleasure or self-satisfaction: Don't gloat over your rival's misfortune. (verb-intransitive)
• The act of gloating. (noun)
• A feeling of great, often malicious, pleasure or self-satisfaction. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• ""The only time you can sit back, relax and gloat is when you win it all," Dunleavy said."
• "It's an object lesson in the dangers of race-baiting and desperation - and we don't need to ramp up the atmosphere that will create more of that by harping on this story, or appearing to "gloat" in any way."
• "Let it also be clear that this is not an attempt to somehow "gloat" over what has happened or belittle it in any way."