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SHOW OFF
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
Example:
he showed off his new sports car
Synonyms:
flash; flaunt; ostentate; show off; swank
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "show off" is one way to...):
display; exhibit; expose (to show, make visible or apparent)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "show off"):
flex (exhibit the strength of)
splurge (be showy or ostentatious)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
show-off (someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention)
