Meaning

2 senses
  1. (US)A river steamboat having a resident theatre.

    Theaterschiff

    a river steamboat on which theatrical performances could be given (especially on the Mississippi River)

  2. (US, broadly, informal)A person, often an athlete or performer, who behaves in an ostentatious, flashy manner to attract attention or admiration; a showoff.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. That's not celebrating. That's just showboating.

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Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
river steamer with theatre:

Forms

plural: showboats
Singularshowboat
Pluralshowboats

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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