bravado

They have a great sense of performance, bravado, and audacity.

During this she observed one who in a bravado tossed his pike.

Often many of the things he does are performed in a spirit of bravado, simply because he does not wish to appear "green."

All his bravado gone, he was afraid to venture out even to wet his parched throat at the creek.

In Jersey woods, where a wiser race has come, they never challenge a near foe; they make no bravado rushes.

Bravado intermingled with blank surprise, he came haltingly to his feet.