Usually means: Displaying skills or possessions proudly.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word show off:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. show off: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. show-off, show off: Merriam-Webster
  3. show-off, show off: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. show-off, show-off, show off: Collins English Dictionary
  5. show-off, show off: Vocabulary.com
  6. Show-off, show-off: Wordnik
  7. show-off, show off: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. show-off, show off: Wiktionary
  9. show-off: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. show-off: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. show-off, show off: Dictionary.com
  12. show-off: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. show-off: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Show Off, The Show-Off, The Show Off: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. show-off, show off: Rhymezone
  16. show-off, show off: FreeDictionary.org
  17. show-off, show off: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. show off: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. show-off: Mnemonic Dictionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. show off: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. show off: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. show off: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. show off: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. show-off, show off: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See show_offs as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (show off)

verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To exhibit the best attributes of something.
verb:  (transitive and intransitive, idiomatic) To attract attention to for the purpose of bragging or personal exhibitionism; to demonstrate a skill, talent or property for the purpose of bragging or personal exhibitionism.
noun:  Nonstandard spelling of show-off. [One who shows off; a person given to egotistically demonstrating their prowess or ability.]

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