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-ˌɒf
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–noun
1.
a person given to pretentious display.
2.
the act of showing off.
Origin:
1770–80;
n. use of v. phrase
show off
Related forms:
show-offish,
adjective
Synonyms:
1.
exhibitionist, braggart.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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show-off
1776 (n.) "a display;" see
show
(v.). In ref. to the person who makes an ostentatious display, attested from 1924. The verb is first recorded 1793.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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