show-off
noun
a person given to pretentious display.
showoff
-
a variation of
show-off.
Example Sentences
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“I appreciate that Glacier Peak requires work for a view and it makes her quite different than her showoff sister, Mount Baker,” said Matthew Riggen, visitor information and field ranger for the Darrington Ranger District.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2022
“He thought he was doing his job. He wasn’t a showoff in that respect and wasn’t searching for hero worship.”
From Washington Times ● Feb. 7, 2021
Well, fate, which never likes a showoff, for one thing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2019
Some people thought he was a showoff, but he did make things exciting.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2019
She'd think I was a showoff and that I wasn’t respectful, and that I was precocious.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
