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Noun: show-off  'show,óf
Usage: informal
  1. Someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention
    - exhibitionist, showboat [N. Amer, informal]
Verb: show off  show óf
  1. Display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
    "he showed off his new sports car";
    - flaunt, flash [informal], ostentate [archaic], swank [informal], parade, showboat [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: shown off, show-offs, showed off, shows off, showing off

Type of: display, egoist, egotist, exhibit, expose, swellhead [N. Amer, informal]