Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A river steamboat having a troupe of performers and a theater aboard for performances on the river.
- n. One who seeks attention by ostentatious behavior; a showoff.
- v. To show off.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- n. a river steamboat on which theatrical performances could be given (especially on the Mississippi River)
Examples
“This is pretty common in Mexico, where written sources often take a higher tone and "showboat".”
“Today at the "showboat" job summit which is nothing but a pile of crap, one of the ideas was extending unemployment for the people that fall off the rolls in January.”
“But she was criticized as a showboat for her victory prance around the field with an enormous fake gold medal dangling from her neck and a cell phone pressed to her ear.”
“Straight line retrieves is not important except for showboat owners.”
“The truth is, Facebook is as much a creature of the showboat Andy Warhol -- everyone gets more than their share of 15 of minutes fame -- as it is of the humanist E.M. Forster: "Only connect, and the beast and the monk, robbed of the isolation that is life to either, will die.”
The Huffington Post: Jose Antonio Vargas: The Social Disconnect -- How Hollywood Misread Facebook
“If these incompetent, imbeciles, still have their jobs on Monday the people of this country should be outraged, and hold someone accountable FOR REAL and not just grandstand, and showboat the issue to death like everything else!!!!!!!!!!!”
“It's all about buying stuff to showboat - from underwear to the game animals themselves.”
“Players who showboat by mocking or degrading their opponents, are abusing their gift and should be reprimanded and penalized for their behavior.”
The Huffington Post: Rabbi Joshua Hess: NFL Playoffs: Let The Showboating Begin!
“On April 22, Smallville introduces Booster Gold, "a glory-seeking showboat from the future," says Days of Our Lives star Eric Martsolf, who plays the DC Comics cult favorite.”
First Look: Booster Gold Rushes Into the Smallville Spotlight
“September 9th, 2009 10: 31 pm ET it figures ..... the republicans can lie about "death panels" and then have the gall to try an showboat the president during a joint session speech.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘showboat’.
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Words that are also movies
Unabashedly stolen from a comment made by courier12.
vertigo, serendipity, casablanca, psycho, jaws, fantasia, stagecoach, network, rocky, giant, platoon, unforgiven and 285 more...
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boat phrases/words
how boat is used
boat basin, boat bed, boat bedding, boat-bone, boat bridge, boat chain, boat chock, boat cloak, boat club, boat cover, boat cradle, boat crew and 140 more...
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Gapeseeds and Muckworms - Compound De...
A list of compound derogatory names such as gapeseed, muckworm and lickspittle. Your one-word contributions to this list are welcome.
See sionnach's list derogatory terms I should use ...gapeseed, muckworm, lickspittle, makeweight, bootlicker, backscratcher, apple-polisher, backslapper, brownnoser, rakeshame, yesman, freeloader and 293 more...
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WF - nominal compounds (figurative)
An extensive list I have been working on for quite some time. Feel free to add more of the kind if you miss any.
brainstorming, upside, downside, goldplating, bikeshedding, mudslinging, downgrading, headhunter, streamlining, mainstreaming, gerrymandering, frontloading and 503 more...
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