show-off
12
4.8
- noun
- /ˈʃoʊˌɔf/
- Offensive
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presumido
- Jimmy didn't know what the hell the little show-off was talking about.
- just a show-off
- little show-off
There are people that think they're special and they may kind of be show offs or whatever.
- There are people that think they're special and they may kind of be show offs or whatever.
- So I was always a bit of a kind of, you know, bit of a show off.
- Or they might make fun of you, or they might call you a bragger or a show off.
- Like I, I spent most of my life giving too much, but being a total show off socially and always grabbing more attention for myself.
- It used to be that the people in power were very nervous about being show offs.
- Maybe you're trying to be show off or to coot for yourself.
Examples
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No one likes a show-off.
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And yeah, I'm a bit of a show-off and like attention.
Blog text (14) -
Nobody likes a show-off, man.
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I just, I didn't want to look like a show-off, all right?
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Didn't anyone ever tell you that you were a show-off?
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Oh, he's such a show-off.
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That still doesn't give her the right to be such a show-off.
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It is reckless and irresponsible if you're just doing it to be a show-off.
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Jack was a generous show-off; I was bossy and gregarious; Christa was whimsical and stubborn; Sam was fat and cunning.
Fiction book (1995) -
He is such a show-off when he talks about his fancy car.
Synonyms
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7.5
Someone who behaves to get attention by showing off skills or style
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7.7
A person who talks a lot about themselves to show off
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8.6
A person who tries to get attention by doing showy things in front of other people
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7.9
A person who shows off to get attention
A person who shows off things like money or clothes to impress others
How Showy
- Offensive
2
9.9
7
7.5
- Offensive
12
4.8
- Offensive
4
7.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Show-off comes from the verb show off, where show means 'to display' and off makes it something done for others to see, like showing your best skill or clothes; so a show-off is a person who displays things or abilities to get attention.