showboating
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- noun
- /ˈʃoʊˌboʊtɪŋ/
- Informal
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exhibicionismo
- The actor's constant showboating during the performance distracted the audience from the story.
- showboating move
- Quit showboating
- a little showboating
If it is a really long, drawn out, grandstanding showboating in a bar and I'm out, I'm out.
- If it is a really long, drawn out, grandstanding showboating in a bar and I'm out, I'm out.
Examples
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His showboating is gonna ruin the entire plan.
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I think Brown running backwards like that was both showing up the other team and showboating.
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No amount of showboating makes up for that in my book.
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Also, playing the disabled card is nothing but showboating.
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Your book also gets into the perils of showboating.
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So none of that showboating you tried to pull in Ann Arbor.
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Yeah, yeah, but all your arrogance and all of this showboating doesn't scare me.
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There's been a lot of showboating which is uncharacteristic for a Dambrot team.
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Cazzaro tried taunts and showboating and left openings too good not to exploit.
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There's a danger of hackdays degenerating into just showboating.
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Synonyms
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Behaving to impress people instead of being honest
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A fake way of speaking or behaving to impress others
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A very bright and fancy style that attracts attention in dress or manner
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An act of showing off money or achievements to get attention
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Doing dramatic things to get attention or praise
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Acting like you are more important or more educated than you really are
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A bright, showy style that attracts attention and looks cheap
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A way of behaving that tries to show you are better than other people
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A style that is very bright or richly decorated to attract attention
A performance that tries to get attention by being loud or dramatic
A quality of being showy and loud in style that hides simple beauty
Antonyms
How Flashy
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- Informal
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- Literature
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Showboating can be remembered by the image of a travelling showboat trying to get every eye on it, and as a noun it means the act of behaving in a flashy, attention-seeking way.