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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Alas, this harmless mental vaporing is now d�mod�!

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

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.

From The Great House by Weyman, Stanley John

A plague upon your idle vaporing, You vagabond!—D’ye fancy we don’t know you?

From The Comedies of Terence by Colman, George