Showboat

Quick meaning: Showboat is a noun meaning (US) A river steamboat having a resident theatre.

Meaning

(US) A river steamboat having a resident theatre.

More Meanings

1. (informal, chiefly US, by extension) A showoff.
2. (informal, chiefly US, ambitransitive) To show off.

Example Sentences

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.

After the President fired his FBI director in early May, he dismissed Comey as “a showboat,” “a grandstander” and a “nut job.”

Out: Trash talk, dirty play, crybabying, showboating and players who can't be bothered to show up for games or keep their shoes on.

Mr. Sterling was born in Baltimore on June 24, 1915, to Jack Sexton and Edna Cable, veteran performers in vaudeville, showboats and stock companies.

Word Forms

• showboats
• showboating
• showboated

Synonyms for showboat

Depending on context, synonyms include flex, grandstand, stunt, boulevardier, exhibitionize, flamboast.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include houseboat, houseboating, liveaboard, stateroom, boathouse, boilerhouse.

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