SHOW OFF

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously

Example:

he showed off his new sports car

Synonyms:

flash; flaunt; ostentate; show off; swank

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "show off" is one way to...):

display; exhibit; expose (to show, make visible or apparent)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "show off"):

flex (exhibit the strength of)

splurge (be showy or ostentatious)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

show-off (someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention)