Meaning

1 senses

  1. (US, informal)To show off.

Examples

1 sentences

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

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

showboats, showboating, showboated, showboated
Base formshowboat · to showboat
3rd person singularshowboats
Present participleshowboating
Past simpleshowboated
Past participleshowboated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyshowboat
he, she, itshowboats

Past simpleLesson

all personsshowboated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave showboated
he, she, ithas showboated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill showboat

Synonyms

31 synonyms
galleryA2flexgrandstandstuntaura farmboulevardiercut a wide swathcut it fatcut roundexhibitionizefigure awayflamboastflauntfloss

Word family

1 related words
Derivedshowboater

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
shovelshowA1showcaseB2showdownshowerA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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