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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

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

From The Comedies of Terence by Colman, George

The morning was hurrying by and this vaporing was a hindrance to be shuffled off.

From Rose MacLeod by Brown, Alice

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