show-off
[ shoh-awf, -of ]
/ ˈʃoʊˌɔf, -ˌɒf /
noun
a person given to pretentious display.
the act of showing off.
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show up, show window, show-and-tell, show-down, show-me, show-off, show-place, show-stopper, show-stopping, show-through, showa
Origin of show-off
First recorded in 1770–80; noun use of verb phrase show off
Related formsshow-off·ish, adjective
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show-off
1776, "a display;" see show (v.) + off (adv.). From 1801 as "a deliberate and ostentatious display;" in reference to the person who makes such a display, attested from 1924. The verbal phrase is first recorded 1793 as "make a conspicuous and obvious display." Noun showing-off is from 1874.
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