showboat
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showboat
- /ˈʃoʊˌboʊt/ US
noun showboats
- A river steamboat having a resident theatre. And Agnes Moorehead henpecks with stern persistence as Parthy, the captain's loving wife. The sets, which include a full-sized showboat with belching double stacks and sternwheel, are in the best Metro tradition, which means as sumptuous as sumptuous can be.
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A person, often an athlete or performer, who behaves in an ostentatious, flashy manner to attract attention or admiration; a showoff.
Well, I was a little upset at first. I mean, obviously people are going to think I'm a showboat, and a little bit of a prick.
Similar: show pony
verb showboats · showboating · showboated
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To show off.
Out: Trash talk, dirty play, crybabying, showboating and players who can't be bothered to show up for games or keep their shoes on.
Similar: flex, grandstand, stunt, aura farm, boulevardier, cut a wide swath, cut it fat, cut round, exhibitionize, figure away, flamboast, flaunt
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noun river steamer with theatre
| Français | bateau-théâtre |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Theaterschiff |
| Italiano | battello-teatro |
| עברית | סְפִינַת שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים sfinat sha'ashu'im |
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