Usually means: Displaying skills or possessions ostentatiously.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word show-off:

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

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

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Definitions from Wiktionary (show-off)

▸ noun:  One who shows off; a person given to egotistically demonstrating their prowess or ability.

Similar:
exhibitionist, showoff, show off, boast, showpiece, pride, grandstanding, narcissist, brag, vanity, more...

Opposite:
humble, unpretentious, modest

Phrases:
The Show-Off, more...


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Similar:
exhibitionist, showoff, show off, boast, showpiece, pride, grandstanding, narcissist, brag, vanity, more...

Opposite:
humble, unpretentious, modest

Phrases:
The Show-Off, more...



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