All show off synonyms
show off
S s verb show off
- jubilate β to show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult.
- jive β swing music or early jazz.
- demonstrate β If you demonstrate a particular skill, quality, or feeling, you show by your actions that you have it.
- model β a standard or example for imitation or comparison.
- act up β If something is acting up, it is not working properly.
- blow smoke β (Idiomatic) To speak with a lack of credibility, sense, purpose, or truth; to speak nonsense.
- expose β Make (something) visible, typically by uncovering it.
- let out β (of fur) processed by cutting parallel diagonal slashes into the pelt and sewing the slashed edges together to lengthen the pelt and to improve the appearance of the fur.
- impress β to press or force into public service, as sailors.
- overemphasise β (British) alternative spelling of overemphasize.
- hotdog β to perform unusual or very intricate maneuvers in a sport, especially surfing or skiing.
- display β to show or exhibit; make visible: to display a sign.
- come on strong β If someone comes on strong, they make their intentions or feelings clear in an excessive or aggressive way.
- ham up β an actor or performer who overacts.
- exult β Show or feel elation or jubilation, especially as the result of a success.
- dig up β to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
- overemphasised β Simple past tense and past participle of overemphasise.
- buffaloing β any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
- hotdogging β the act of one who hot-dogs; the performance of intricate, daring, or flamboyant stunts.
- bluster β If you say that someone is blustering, you mean that they are speaking aggressively but without authority, often because they are angry or offended.
- give a good account of oneself β If you say that someone gave a good account of themselves in a particular situation, you mean that they performed well, although they may not have been completely successful.
- overemphasize β to emphasize excessively.
- disported β to divert or amuse (oneself).
- overdraw β to draw upon (an account, allowance, etc.) in excess of the balance standing to one's credit or at one's disposal: It was the first time he had ever overdrawn his account.
- lay it on thick β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- let it all hang out β to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- cut capers β To engage in brief frolics, romps, or frantic, ridiculous dances.
- overemphasized β Simple past tense and past participle of overemphasize.
- overawe β to restrain or subdue by inspiring awe; intimidate: He often uses that imperious scowl to overawe his subordinates.
- buffalo β A buffalo is a wild animal like a large cow with horns that curve upwards. Buffalo are usually found in southern and eastern Africa.
- brandish β If you brandish something, especially a weapon, you hold it in a threatening way.
- jiving β swing music or early jazz.
- overdrawn β Past participle of overdraw.
- lording β lord.
- crow β A crow is a large black bird which makes a loud, harsh noise.
- dancing β When people dance for enjoyment or to entertain others, you can refer to this activity as dancing.
- enthuse β Say something that expresses one's eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.
- have on β Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- act out β If you act out an event which has happened, you copy the actions which took place and make them into a play.
- overawed β Impress (someone) so much that they become silent or inhibited.
- deal in β to occupy oneself or itself (usually followed by with or in): Botany deals with the study of plants. He deals in generalities.
- kibitz β to act as a kibitzer.
- let go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- flaunt β to parade or display oneself conspicuously, defiantly, or boldly.
- let one's hair down β any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- flatter oneself β to hold the self-satisfying or self-deluding belief (that)
- become β If someone or something becomes a particular thing, they start to change and develop into that thing, or start to develop the characteristics mentioned.
- flash β a precedence code for handling messages about initial enemy contact or operational combat messages of extreme urgency within the U.S. military.
- attitudinize β to adopt a pose or opinion for effect; strike an attitude