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Definition of showboat verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

showboat

 verb
verb
NAmE//ˈʃoʊboʊt//
 
[intransitive] (informal) (often disapproving)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they showboat
 
 he / she / it showboats
 
 past simple showboated
 
 -ing form showboating
 
 
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to behave in a way that tries to show people how intelligent, skillful, etc. you are He's a good guitar player, but he tends to showboat on his solos.
show‧boat‧ing
 
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noun [uncountable]See showboat in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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