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showboat::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | river boat, steamboat |
Examples of showboat
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Saunders has called out his 22-year-old center several times for showboat plays.
From the bostonherald.com
During his NATO days, the studious soldier struck many officers as a showboat.
From the businessweek.com
The Vesty showboat also served to heap the pressure on bottom club Newcastle.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
Neither Freeh or Attorney General Janet Reno would showboat for the administration.
From the time.com
Unlike the Williams wink, there was no conspiracy behind the Vesty showboat.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
Sloan finished off the game with a showboat dunk, drawing loud jeers from the crowd.
From the sportingnews.com
Having to showboat, though, at such an early juncture suggested he was being troubled.
From the guardian.co.uk
I'm not doing it to showboat, be morally superior or flirt with Eric Young.
From the nzherald.co.nz
No one was injured and everyone was safely unloaded from the showboat the next morning.
From the stltoday.com
- A river steamboat on which theatrical performances could be given (especially on the Mississippi River)
- A showboat, or show boat, was a form of theater that traveled along the waterways of the United States, especially along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. ...
- Show Boat is a musical in two acts with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It was based on the 1926 novel of the same name by Edna Ferber. ...
- A river steamboat having a resident theatre; A showoff; To show off
