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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
show•boat /ˈʃoʊˌboʊt/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Nautical, Naval Terms, Show Businessa boat used as a traveling theater.
  2. show-off.

v. [no object]
  1. Sportto perform or behave in a showy way;
    show off.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
show•boat  (shō′bōt′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Nautical, Naval Terms, Show Businessa boat, esp. a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
  2. [Informal.]show-off (def. 1).
  3. Sporta person, esp. an athlete, who performs in an ostentatiously sensational manner calculated to draw attention;
    show-off.

v.i. 
  1. Sportto perform or behave in an outrageous or spectacular manner.
Also, show′boat′er (for defs. 2, 3).
  • show + boat 1865–70, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
showboat /ˈʃəʊˌbəʊt/ n
  1. a paddle-wheel river steamer with a theatre and a repertory company
 vb
  1. (intransitive) to perform or behave in a showy and flamboyant way

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