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• present participle of vapor.

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

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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

In later days the author threw what he probably supposed was the only existing manuscript of this vaporing effusion into the fire.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan

But we were the weakest when Slavery made us so loud-mouthed and vaporing; we shall be strongest when the cause of our boasting has disappeared.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 by Various

The little man, with all his vaporing, his windy boasts, his general utter worthlessness, had at bottom a grain of something genuine which keen Ike Byloe lacked.

From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 by Various