SHOW-OFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does show-off mean? 

• SHOW-OFF (noun)
  The noun SHOW-OFF has 1 sense:

1. someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention

  Familiarity information: SHOW-OFF used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHOW-OFF (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

exhibitionist; show-off

Hypernyms ("show-off" is a kind of...):

egoist; egotist; swellhead (a conceited and self-centered person)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "show-off"):

grandstander (someone who performs with an eye to the applause from spectators in the grandstand)

hot dog; hotdog (someone who performs dangerous stunts to attract attention to himself)

poser; poseur (a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not)

Derivation:

show off (display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously)