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show off
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Princeton's WordNet
exhibitionist, show-offverb
someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention
flaunt, flash, show off, ostentate, swankverb
display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
"he showed off his new sports car"
Wiktionary
show offnoun
one who shows off.
show offverb
To exhibit the best attributes of something.
show offverb
To attract attention to for the purpose of bragging or personal exhibitionism; to demonstrate a skill, talent or property for the purpose of bragging or personal exhibitionism.
Wikipedia
show off
Boasting or bragging is speaking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities. Boasting occurs when someone feels a sense of satisfaction or when someone feels that whatever occurred proves their superiority and is recounting accomplishments so that others will feel admiration or envy.Individuals construct an image of themselves, a personal identity, and present themselves in a manner that is consistent with that image. Theodore Millon theorized that in self-presentation, individuals seek to balance boasting against discrediting themselves with excessive self-promotion or being caught blatantly misrepresenting themselves. Studies show that people often have a limited ability to perceive how their efforts at self-presentation are actually impacting their acceptance and likeability by others.
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show off
A show off is a person who behaves in a way that is intended to attract attention or admiration, often by displaying skills, talents, wealth, or possessions excessively or boastfully. This term can also be used as a verb, referring to the act of displaying such behaviors.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of show off in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of show off in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of show off in a Sentence
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi:
Naturally we will leave it to the market to decide, whoever has money, whoever has projects, whoever creates employment, whoever has intriguing ideas should know that Italy is the right place to show off their skills.
He was never, in my opinion, cocky, maybe he was cocky in as far as martial arts because he was very sure of himself. He was worlds ahead of everyone else. But on a set, he's not gon na show off.
We don't have an Olympics, so we are fortunate that the Olympic Committee allows us to come in and kind of show off our sport, in North America it is really hard to build up our skating clubs, it's hard to keep kids in the sport (when) they see gymnastics, ice skating and they kind of join those and ...stop roller skating.
This protest wasn't about the stay-at-home order, it was an opportunity for a small group of folks -- very few of whom were engaging in social distancing or wearing masks -- to show off their swastika posters, confederate flags, nooses hanging from cars and signs calling for murder, threatening Capitol police, staff, press, and elected members is not how we do business here in Michigan.
No tiger belongs in a backyard or basement, the only reason that people have tigers as pets is to try to show off to others.
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- تباهىArabic
- vise sigDanish
- aufschneiden, angebenGerman
- lucirse, lucir, chulearSpanish
- kehuskella, briljeerata, mahtailla, pröystäillä, leveillä, ylpeilläFinnish
- faire le malin, crânerFrench
- दिखावाHindi
- felmutatHungarian
- ցույց տալArmenian
- mettersi in mostra, mettere in mostra, fare bella mostraItalian
- שוויצרHebrew
- 見せようとする, 見えをはるJapanese
- ತೋರಪಡಿಸುವಿಕೆKannada
- whakameremereMāori
- фали сеMacedonian
- vise seg fremNorwegian
- popisywać sięPolish
- mostrar-se, jactar-se, mostrarPortuguese
- выпендриваться, красоваться, выёживаться, рисоваться, выёбываться, выделыватьсяRussian
- காட்டுTamil
- చూపించండిTelugu
- hava atmakTurkish
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