spray

spray
 v.— «Still, climbers say, Jenkins doesn’t spray—climber slang for brag. “You would never know she was sponsored,” Tai said, “unless you drew it out of her.” “She doesn’t spray at all.”» —“Rock climber going strong” by Clint Williams Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Ga.) Mar. 17, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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