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showboating

showboating is the present participle and gerund of showboat.

Meaning of showboat

Verb

showboat (third-person singular simple present showboats, present participle showboating, simple past and past participle showboated)

  1. (US, ambitransitive, informal) To show off.
    • Out: Trash talk, dirty play, crybabying, showboating and players who can't be bothered to show up for games or keep their shoes on.1995 June 15, Scott Ostler, “SCOTT OSTLER -- Hakeem Sets Old Standard”, in San Francisco Chronicle

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Questions about showboating

What is showboating the present participle and gerund of?
Showboating is the present participle and gerund of showboat.

Words near showboating in the dictionary

  1. showboards
  2. showboat
  3. showboated
  4. showboater
  5. showboaters
  6. showboating
  7. showboats
  8. showboaty
  9. showbox
  10. showboxes
  11. showboy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: showboating (page history and authors); showboat (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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