Usually means: Displayed skills ostentatiously to impress.
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  1. showboated: Merriam-Webster
  2. showboated: Wiktionary
  3. showboated: Dictionary.com
  4. showboated: TheFreeDictionary.com

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(Note: See showboat as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (showboat)

noun:  (US) A river steamboat having a resident theatre.
noun:  (informal, chiefly US, by extension) A showoff.
verb:  (informal, chiefly US, ambitransitive) To show off.
▸ Also see showboat


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