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Although the term is clinically obsolete, examples of male peacocking are as close as the nearest bejeweled Patek Philippe, sterling-silver rodeo belt buckle or jumped-up, gold-plated pickup.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

"So I could see how he might be funny about actors who were peacocking themselves," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2025

Inevitably, the group’s career cooled throughout the ’90s and early 2000s as peacocking hard rock gave way to grunge and pop-punk.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2024

There is a boastfulness and peacocking at times.

From Salon • Jan. 25, 2023

You surely would not have us a couple of mincing girls peacocking round in this fashion, would you now?'

From The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys by Manwell, M. B.