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• present participle of vapor.

vaporing

American  

[vay-per-ing] / ˈveɪ pər ɪŋ /

adjective

1. that gives forth vapor.

2. boastful; bragging.

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noun

1. an act or instance of bragging or blustering; boastful talk.

Other Word Forms

• vaporingly
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of vaporing

First recorded in 1620–30; vapor + -ing ², -ing ¹

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Example Sentences

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vaporing

The press was busy vaporing upon the significance of a de Valera free to roam the Free State.

From Time Magazine Archive

Apparently the only contribution Fiver could make was this beetle-spirited vaporing.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Yet Paul did not waste all his hours in this idle vaporing, nor in the pleasures of the table.

From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by William Hickling Prescott

There is just as much empty vaporing there as there is down the Boulevards.

From A Girl of the Commune by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

Ralph, thy news has stirred me into vaporing, and the man who built the Orb mill is prating like a child.

From Lorimer of the Northwest by Alfred James Dewey

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