show off
- display someone or something that is a source of pride."her jeans were tight-fitting, showing off her compact figure"synonyms: display, show to advantage, exhibit, demonstrate, parade, make a show of, draw attention to, flaunt, wave, dangle, brandish, vaunt
- make a deliberate or pretentious display of one's abilities or accomplishments."he was showing off, trying to make a really big impression"synonyms: behave affectedly, put on airs, put on an act, give oneself airs, boast, brag, crow, trumpet, gloat, glory, swagger around, swank, bluster, strut, strike an attitude, strike a pose, posture, attitudinize, draw attention to oneself, blow one's own trumpet, cop an attitude, skite, big-note oneself
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7 days ago · a person who shows off (= behaves in a way intended to attract attention that other people often find annoying):.
a person given to pretentious display. Synonyms: braggart, exhibitionist. the act of showing off.
to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior the athletes warmed up, happily showing off for the crowd before the match officially started.
When you boast or brag about something, you show off. If you insist on spelling difficult words all through dinner, even though the spelling bee is over, ...
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The verb show off came first, while the noun appeared around 1920, defined as "a person who makes a deliberate and ostentatious display.".