"show off" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌʃəʊ ˈɒf/ [UK], /ˌʃoʊ ˈɔf/ [General-American], /ˌʃoʊ ˈɑf/ [cot-caught-merger] Forms: show offs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} show off (plural show offs)
  1. Nonstandard spelling of show-off. Tags: alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: show-off Related terms: show up
    Sense id: en-show_off-en-noun-e~q~H3z9

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌʃəʊ ˈɒf/ [UK], /ˌʃoʊ ˈɔf/ [General-American], /ˌʃoʊ ˈɑf/ [cot-caught-merger] Forms: shows off [present, singular, third-person], showing off [participle, present], showed off [past], shown off [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|+|+|shown off}} show off (third-person singular simple present shows off, present participle showing off, simple past showed off, past participle shown off)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To exhibit the best attributes of something. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Synonyms: parade
    Sense id: en-show_off-en-verb-gM9LMSzv
  2. (transitive and intransitive, idiomatic) 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. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive, transitive Hypernyms: cut a dash [idiomatic], cut a figure [idiomatic], exhibit, stand out Hyponyms: drop science [slang], flex one's muscles [figuratively], front off [slang], hot dog [slang], humblebrag [slang], parade [figuratively], prance, promenade Derived forms: show-offery, show-off, showoff [noun], show-offy Related terms: grandstand, pander, exaggerate, 賣弄 [Chinese]
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Inflected forms

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