showboat

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Etymology

show +‎ boat

Pronunciation

Noun

showboat (plural showboats)

  1. (US) A river steamboat having a resident theatre.
  2. (informal, chiefly US, by extension) A showoff.

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Verb

showboat (third-person singular simple present showboats, present participle showboating, simple past and past participle showboated)

  1. (informal, chiefly US) To show off.

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