All showboat synonyms
showΒ·boat
S s verb showboat
- jive β swing music or early jazz.
- intimidate β to make timid; fill with fear.
- bludgeoned β a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
- buffaloing β any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
- mouthing β the action of speaking in a meaningless, bombastic, or hypocritical manner.
- blow smoke β (Idiomatic) To speak with a lack of credibility, sense, purpose, or truth; to speak nonsense.
- grandstand β the main seating area of a stadium, racetrack, parade route, or the like, usually consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats.
- cow β A cow is a large female animal that is kept on farms for its milk. People sometimes refer to male and female animals of this species as cows.
- overawe β to restrain or subdue by inspiring awe; intimidate: He often uses that imperious scowl to overawe his subordinates.
- buffalo β A buffalo is a wild animal like a large cow with horns that curve upwards. Buffalo are usually found in southern and eastern Africa.
- overbear β to bear over or down by weight or force: With his superior strength he easily overbore his opponent in the fight.
- give a good account of oneself β If you say that someone gave a good account of themselves in a particular situation, you mean that they performed well, although they may not have been completely successful.
- lean on β to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
- bludgeoning β a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
- hotdog β to perform unusual or very intricate maneuvers in a sport, especially surfing or skiing.
- despotize β To behave like a despot.
- overawed β Impress (someone) so much that they become silent or inhibited.
- jiving β swing music or early jazz.
- dragoons β Plural form of dragoon.
- brag β If you brag, you say in a very proud way that you have something or have done something.
- hotdogging β the act of one who hot-dogs; the performance of intricate, daring, or flamboyant stunts.
- dragoon β (especially formerly) a European cavalryman of a heavily armed troop.
- mouthed β having a mouth of a specified kind (often used in combination): a small-mouthed man.
- bully β A bully is someone who uses their strength or power to hurt or frighten other people.
- flatter oneself β to hold the self-satisfying or self-deluding belief (that)
- buffaloed β any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
- blow away β 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.
- boast β If someone boasts about something that they have done or that they own, they talk about it very proudly, in a way that other people may find irritating or offensive.
- cock-a-doodle-doo β an imitation or representation of a cock crowing
noun showboat
- flaunter β to parade or display oneself conspicuously, defiantly, or boldly.
- hot-dog β to perform unusual or very intricate maneuvers in a sport, especially surfing or skiing.
- frank β direct and unreserved in speech; straightforward; sincere: Her criticism of my work was frank but absolutely fair.
- grandstand play β an ostentatious play, as in a sport, overemphasized deliberately to elicit applause from spectators.
- hotshot β highly successful and aggressive: a hotshot lawyer; a hotshot account exec.
- display β to show or exhibit; make visible: to display a sign.
- grandstander β the main seating area of a stadium, racetrack, parade route, or the like, usually consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats.
- weenie β Informal. a wiener.
- for show β in order to impress, for display only
- ostentatiousness β characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.
- bravura β 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.
- extrovert β An outgoing, overtly expressive person.
- bravure β Music. a florid passage or piece requiring great skill and spirit in the performer.
- frame up β a fraudulent incrimination of an innocent person.
- expo β A large exhibition.
- footlong β approximately one foot in length: Their specialty is footlong hotdogs.
- arrayal β the act or process of arraying
- frame-up β a fraudulent incrimination of an innocent person.
- grandioseness β affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- life of the party β most lively, outgoing person
- grandiosity β affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.