"exhibitionize" meaning in English

See exhibitionize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: exhibitionizes [present, singular, third-person], exhibitionizing [participle, present], exhibitionized [participle, past], exhibitionized [past]
Etymology: From exhibition + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|exhibition|ize}} exhibition + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} exhibitionize (third-person singular simple present exhibitionizes, present participle exhibitionizing, simple past and past participle exhibitionized)
  1. (ambitransitive) To make an exhibition or display (of); to show off. Tags: ambitransitive
    Sense id: en-exhibitionize-en-verb-bp-2frbG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Synonyms: ostentate, strut, venditate, aura farm [Internet], boulevardier, cut a wide swath [US, idiomatic], cut it fat [UK, obsolete, slang], cut round [US, dated, slang], exhibitionize, figure away [obsolete], flamboast [African-American-Vernacular-English, dated, slang], flaunt [archaic, literary], flex [slang], floss [African-American-Vernacular-English, slang], fluff one's feathers [idiomatic], gallery [Trinidad-and-Tobago], high-side [African-American-Vernacular-English, slang], let one's nuts hang [slang], ostent [obsolete], ostentate [obsolete], preen, showboat [US], show away [archaic], show off [idiomatic], strut, strut one's stuff [idiomatic], stunt [African-American-Vernacular-English, slang], swag it out [slang], swagger, swank, three-sheet, venditate [obsolete], yaya [Singlish]

Inflected forms

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        "(ambitransitive) To make an exhibition or display (of); to show off."
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        {
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          "word": "cut round"
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        {
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          "word": "figure away"
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          "word": "floss"
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          "word": "fluff one's feathers"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:show off",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "gallery"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:show off",
          "tags": [
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            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "high-side"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:show off",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "let one's nuts hang"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:show off",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ostent"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:show off",
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          "word": "ostentate"
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          "word": "preen"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:show off",
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          "word": "showboat"
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          "word": "show away"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:show off",
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          "word": "show off"
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          "word": "strut one's stuff"
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          "word": "stunt"
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          "word": "swag it out"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:show off",
          "word": "swagger"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:show off",
          "word": "swank"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:show off",
          "word": "three-sheet"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:show off",
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          "word": "venditate"
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          "word": "yaya"
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          "word": "aura farm"
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          "word": "cut a wide swath"
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        {
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          "word": "figure away"
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          "word": "flaunt"
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          "word": "floss"
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          "word": "fluff one's feathers"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:show off",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "gallery"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:show off",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "high-side"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:show off",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "let one's nuts hang"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:show off",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ostent"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:show off",
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          "word": "ostentate"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:show off",
          "word": "preen"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:show off",
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          "word": "showboat"
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          "word": "strut one's stuff"
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          "word": "stunt"
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          "word": "swag it out"
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          "word": "swagger"
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        {
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          "word": "swank"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:show off",
          "word": "three-sheet"
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          "word": "venditate"
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