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1. An instance of boastful talk
   "his vapouring is worse than his fight";
   - brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing [US], line-shooting, gasconade [archaic]

1. [Brit, Cdn] Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
   - chatter, piffle, palaver [informal], prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle [informal], clack [informal], maunder, prattle, blab [informal], gibber, tattle, blabber [informal], gabble, rabbit [Brit, informal], vapor [US], twattle [UK, dialect], witter [Brit, informal], yabber [Brit, informal], yatter [Brit, informal]
    
2. [N. Amer] Become or emit vapour
   - vapor [US]

Derived forms: vapourings

Type of: boast, boasting, jactitation, mouth, self-praise, skite [Austral, NZ, informal], speak, talk, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize

Encyclopedia: Vapour