peacocking
- present participle of peacock.
Example Sentences
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No peacocking and no polyester are among the codes junior bankers typically learn by breaking them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
He gives the example of going out for a meal in Lagos and how peacocking is so important.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2025
There is a boastfulness and peacocking at times.
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2023
His reach goes beyond that, though: Acts such as Lil Uzi Vert, Juice Wrld and Lil Nas X absorbed his radical aesthetics and peacocking subversions, taking them to pop radio and the Grammy stage.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2022
And Aunt Hannah in her enraged scorn even undertook a grotesque and mincing imitation of the peacocking aforesaid.
From The History of David Grieve by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
