vaporing

[ vey-per-ing ]

/ ˈveɪ pər ɪŋ /

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adjective

that gives forth vapor.

boastful; bragging.

noun

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

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weal

well-being, prosperity, or happiness.

the intervening time.

a somewhat prolonged, sharp, shrill cry, as of pain, fear, or surprise.

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Origin of vaporing

First recorded in 1620–30; vapor + -ing², -ing¹

OTHER WORDS FROM vaporing

va·por·ing·ly, adverb

Words nearby vaporing

vapor trail, vaporescence, vaporetto, vaporific, vaporimeter, vaporing, vaporish, vaporization, vaporize, vaporizer, vaporous

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vapor

[ vey-per ]

/ ˈveɪ pər /

noun

a visible exhalation, as fog, mist, steam, smoke, or noxious gas, diffused through or suspended in the air: the vapors rising from the bogs.

Physics. a gas at a temperature below its critical temperature.

a substance converted into vapor for technical or medicinal uses.

a combination of a vaporized substance and air.

gaseous particles of drugs that can be inhaled as a therapeutic agent.

Archaic.

a strange, senseless, or fantastic notion.
something insubstantial or transitory.

vapors, Archaic.

mental depression or hypochondria.
injurious exhalations formerly supposed to be produced within the body, especially in the stomach.

verb (used with object)

to cause to rise or pass off in, or as if in, vapor; vaporize.

Archaic. to affect with vapors; depress.

verb (used without object)

to rise or pass off in the form of vapor.

to emit vapor or exhalations.

to talk or act grandiloquently, pompously, or boastfully; bluster.

Also especially British, va·pour.

Origin of vapor

1325–75; Middle English vapour < Latin vapor steam

OTHER WORDS FROM vapor

va·por·a·ble, adjectiveva·por·a·bil·i·ty, nounva·por·er, nounva·por·less, adjective

va·por·like, adjective

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Example sentences from the Web for vaporing

Never was so good an opportunity for my countrymen to turn out and crush that vaporing, blustering bully to atoms.
Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution|John Adams
But these South Carolina economists are better at vaporing than at calculation.
The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V|James Russell Lowell
"Gifford was brought up in a bad school—a vaporing fellow, not true to any of his obligations," said Mr. Oliver Smith.
The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax|Harriet Parr
She saw herself as the most useless, vaporing and purblind of mortals.
Septimus|William J. Locke

His teachings were but vaporing talk to her small mind and to those of many of the people.
Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15)|Charles Morris

British Dictionary definitions for vaporing

vapor

/ (ˈveɪpə) /

noun

the US spelling of vapour

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for vaporing

vapor

[ vā′pər ]

n.

Barely visible or cloudy diffused matter, such as mist, fumes, or smoke, suspended in the air.

The state of a substance that exists below its critical temperature and that may be liquefied by application of sufficient pressure.

The gaseous state of a substance that is liquid or solid under ordinary conditions.

The vaporized form of a medicinal preparation to be administered by inhalation.

A mixture of a vapor and air, as an explosive mixture of gasoline and air burned in an internal-combustion engine.

vapors Exhalations within an organ, especially the stomach, supposed to affect the mental or physical condition. No longer in technical use.

vapors A nervous disorder such as depression or hysteria. No longer in technical use.

Scientific definitions for vaporing

vapor

[ vā′pər ]

The gaseous state of a substance that is normally liquid or solid at room temperature, such as water that has evaporated into the air. See more at vapor pressure. See also water vapor.

A faintly visible suspension of fine particles of matter in the air, as mist, fumes, or smoke.

A mixture of fine droplets of a substance and air, as the fuel mixture of an internal-combustion engine.

Other words from vapor

vaporize verb

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