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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

But, as I have before shown, he was not a man to vent his spleen in idle vaporing.

From Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete by Washington Irving

I appear to be vaporing in a spirit of vainglory; and yet it is under the mere coercion of 'salva necessitas' that I am surprised into this unparalleled instance of activity.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 by Various

"Gifford was brought up in a bad school—a vaporing fellow, not true to any of his obligations," said Mr. Oliver Smith.

From The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax by Holme Lee

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