Definition of "showboating" []

• Present participle of showboat. (verb)

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• "Happily, they outnumber the authors who hijack a panel and use it to promote themselves and their latest book exclusively, motormouths too self-absorbing to realize the good will and sales their showboating is likely to cost them."
• "I wish I could say this is a new low in showboating for “Gomer” Gohmert but it’s really pretty mild compared to some of his other grandstanding."
• "The lack of global rules means there is little to stand in the way of the considerable autonomy that ships' captains have accumulated over the centuries and that there is nothing on a global level to prevent practices such as so-called showboating where ships sail close to shore to give tourists a better view."