Transcription
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- [shoh-boht]
- /ˈʃoʊˌboʊt/
- /ˈʃəʊˌbəʊ.tɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [shoh-boht]
- /ˈʃoʊˌboʊt/
Definitions of showboat word
- noun showboat a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater. 1
- noun showboat Informal. show-off (def 1). 1
- noun showboat a person, especially an athlete, who performs in an ostentatiously sensational manner calculated to draw attention; show-off. 1
- verb without object showboat to perform or behave in an outrageous or spectacular manner. 1
- noun showboat riverboat with theatrical performances 1
- intransitive verb showboat draw attention to oneself, behave ostentatiously 1
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Origin of showboat
First appearance:
before 1865 One of the 28% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1865-70; show + boat
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Showboat
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
showboat popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for showboat
noun showboat
- arrayal — the act or process of arraying
- bravura — If you say that someone is doing something with bravura, you mean that they are using unnecessary extra actions that emphasize their skill or importance.
- bravure — Music. a florid passage or piece requiring great skill and spirit in the performer.
- crowd pleaser — a person, performance, etc., having great popular appeal.
- display — to show or exhibit; make visible: to display a sign.
verb showboat
- awe — Awe is the feeling of respect and amazement that you have when you are faced with something wonderful and often rather frightening.
- blow away — If you say that you are blown away by something, or if it blows you away, you mean that you are very impressed by it.
- blow smoke — (Idiomatic) To speak with a lack of credibility, sense, purpose, or truth; to speak nonsense.
- bludgeoned — a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
- bludgeoning — a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
Antonyms for showboat
noun showboat
- hiding — the pelt or skin of one of the larger animals (cow, horse, buffalo, etc.), raw or dressed.
- ordinariness — of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
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