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Definition of "showboat" [showboat]
- A river steamboat having a troupe of performers and a theater aboard for performances on the river. (noun)
- One who seeks attention by ostentatious behavior; a showoff. (noun)
- To show off. (verb-intransitive)
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Use "showboat" in a sentence
- "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."