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show-off
[ shoh-awf, -of ]
noun
- a person given to pretentious display.
Synonyms: ,
- the act of showing off.
show off
verb
- tr to exhibit or display so as to invite admiration
- informal.intr to behave in such a manner as to make an impression
noun
- informal.a person who makes a vain display of himself
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of show-off1
Idioms and Phrases
Display in an ostentatious, conspicuous way; also, seek attention by displaying one's accomplishments, abilities, or possessions. For example, I'm wearing shorts to show off my Florida tan , or Karen loved showing off her new baby to her friends , or There's no need to show off, Fred; we all know you're a good dancer . [Early 1800s]Example Sentences
Charlie says he doesn't want to be seen as a show-off, so when asked about himself volunteers "something else a bit more boring".
As a child, he would sometimes talk to this star, but only when he was his most serious, real self, and not being any sort of a show-off or clown.
What for other dancers might be show-off steps are integrated into a poetic vision, a different way of being.
As a child she loved to perform — she recalled herself as “a shameful show-off†— but she never considered an acting career.
“It’s a little bit of a show-off song, but people also like to sing along to the chorus because it’s very simple,†she said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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