[ɡləʊt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- dwell on one's own success or another's misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure
(e.g: his enemies gloated over his death)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century: of unknown origin; perhaps related to Old Norse glotta ‘to grin’ and Middle High German glotzen ‘to stare’. The original sense was ‘give a sideways or furtive look’, hence ‘cast amorous or admiring glances’; the current sense dates from the mid 18th century

[ɡləʊt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act of gloating
(e.g: I would join her for a good gloat)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century: of unknown origin; perhaps related to Old Norse glotta ‘to grin’ and Middle High German glotzen ‘to stare’. The original sense was ‘give a sideways or furtive look’, hence ‘cast amorous or admiring glances’; the current sense dates from the mid 18th century