showboat

English

WOTD – 27 December 2015

Etymology

show +‎ boat

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃoʊˌboʊt/
Audio (AU) (file)

Noun

showboat (plural showboats)

(US) A river steamboat having a resident theatre.
(informal, chiefly US, by extension) A showoff.

Translations

river steamer with theatre

Dutch: evenementenboot
Finnish: teatterilaiva
French: bateau-théâtre m
German: Theaterschiff n

Hungarian: színházhajó
Italian: battello-teatro m
Swedish: teaterbåt c

showoff — see showoff

Verb

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

(informal, chiefly US) To show off.

Synonyms

grandstand (verb)

Anagrams

boat show

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