vaporing

American  

[vey-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

Etymology

Origin of vaporing

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

Example Sentences

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

From Literature

“Let us have no vaporings or girlish shrieks.”

From New York Times

President Harry S. Truman described the art as “merely the vaporings of half-baked lazy people.”

From New York Times

“I always feel like I’m the only one vaporing,” he said.

From New York Times

One heard that he was preaching higher wages in the public houses, another that he was asking Hodge what he got out of dear bread, a third that he was vaporing about commons and enclosures.

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