showboater

show·boat

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [shoh-boht]
- /ˈʃoʊˌboʊt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [shoh-boht]
- /ˈʃoʊˌboʊt/

Definitions of showboater word

noun showboater a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater. 1
noun showboater Informal. show-off (def 1). 1
noun showboater a person, especially an athlete, who performs in an ostentatiously sensational manner calculated to draw attention; show-off. 1
verb without object showboater to perform or behave in an outrageous or spectacular manner. 1
noun showboater the manager of a showboat 0
noun showboater an actor on a showboat 0

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Origin of showboater

First appearance:

before 1865

One of the 28% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1865-70; show + boat

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Parts of speech for Showboater

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Showboater

showboater 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".

showboater usage trend in Literature

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