Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Ostentatious display.
- noun In a specific use, technical in ornithology, the peculiar actions or attitudes of many male birds in mating, when such are very marked or conspicuous; amatory antics or display.
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Examples
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This week China is showing-off its flagship high-speed rail route between its financial hub Shanghai and the capital Beijing.
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Therefore, for the lyrics to have used four-letter words would have been completely out of style and a sort of showing-off for its own sake.
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For so long the effects knob on the mixer has been an absolute no-go, but it becomes apparent I've been missing out on a whole universe of showing-off.
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The other side the coin is buying gifts and showing-off.
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Therefore, for the lyrics to have used four-letter words would have been completely out of style and a sort of showing-off for its own sake.
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This week China is showing-off its flagship high-speed rail route between its financial hub Shanghai and the capital Beijing.
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The Zhejiang campaign is part of the local government's self-styled "new consumption movement," which advocates rational and responsible buying and opposes "superstitious" or "abnormal" consumer activity as well as "showing-off," the government said in its statement Monday.
China Slams Luxury Goods' Quality Sky Canaves 2010
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This is raw, spectacular showing-off, the kind of thing that gets passed around on YouTube.
Going out by staying in: where to watch the arts online 2010
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And now, three years later, peas and beans are popping up on that farm and the tomatoes in the EarthBoxes are looking great, showing-off a couple blossoms.
Dave Snyder: Rooftop Farm Report: Organic Certification, A Lot Of (Good) Paperwork 2010
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And now, three years later, peas and beans are popping up on that farm and the tomatoes in the EarthBoxes are looking great, showing-off a couple blossoms.
Dave Snyder: Rooftop Farm Report: Organic Certification, A Lot Of (Good) Paperwork 2010
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