"flamboast" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "flamboyant",
        "3": "boast"
      },
      "expansion": "Blend of flamboyant + boast",
      "name": "blend"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "flam",
        "3": "boast",
        "t1": "to trick, hoodwink, deceive"
      },
      "expansion": "flam (“to trick, hoodwink, deceive”) + boast",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Blend of flamboyant + boast. Green's Dictionary of Slang suggests a derivation from flam (“to trick, hoodwink, deceive”) + boast, although this is less likely due to flam being a relatively obscure word.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "flamboasts",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flamboasting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flamboasted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flamboasted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "flamboast (third-person singular simple present flamboasts, present participle flamboasting, simple past and past participle flamboasted)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "African-American Vernacular English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English blends",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1995 November 7, “Get Chopped”performed by The Click",
          "text": "Motherfuckers hate to see a true nigga flamboast / Bringin' in mo' net than gross",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Prague (Avant-Guides), third edition, New York, N.Y.: Empire Press Media, Inc., page 55",
          "text": "This cafe is a jewel of architectural \"flamboasting\" that makes it one of the most amazing rooms in the city.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Beth Killian, The 310: Everything She Wants, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, page 114",
          "text": "\"Stop shoving your fake relationship in my face and move it,\" I warned. ¶ \"Hey!\" His nostrils flared. \"We ain't flamboasting!\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To show off."
      ],
      "id": "en-flamboast-en-verb-~PaReFDw",
      "links": [
        [
          "show off",
          "show off#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "African-American Vernacular",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang, dated) To show off."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "intransitive",
        "slang"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Green's Dictionary of Slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "flamboast"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "flamboyant",
        "3": "boast"
      },
      "expansion": "Blend of flamboyant + boast",
      "name": "blend"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "flam",
        "3": "boast",
        "t1": "to trick, hoodwink, deceive"
      },
      "expansion": "flam (“to trick, hoodwink, deceive”) + boast",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Blend of flamboyant + boast. Green's Dictionary of Slang suggests a derivation from flam (“to trick, hoodwink, deceive”) + boast, although this is less likely due to flam being a relatively obscure word.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "flamboasts",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flamboasting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flamboasted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flamboasted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "flamboast (third-person singular simple present flamboasts, present participle flamboasting, simple past and past participle flamboasted)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "African-American Vernacular English",
        "English blends",
        "English compound terms",
        "English dated terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English lemmas",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1995 November 7, “Get Chopped”performed by The Click",
          "text": "Motherfuckers hate to see a true nigga flamboast / Bringin' in mo' net than gross",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Prague (Avant-Guides), third edition, New York, N.Y.: Empire Press Media, Inc., page 55",
          "text": "This cafe is a jewel of architectural \"flamboasting\" that makes it one of the most amazing rooms in the city.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Beth Killian, The 310: Everything She Wants, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, page 114",
          "text": "\"Stop shoving your fake relationship in my face and move it,\" I warned. ¶ \"Hey!\" His nostrils flared. \"We ain't flamboasting!\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To show off."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "show off",
          "show off#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "African-American Vernacular",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang, dated) To show off."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "intransitive",
        "slang"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Green's Dictionary of Slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "flamboast"
}