Reverse Dictionary: SHOW OFF

ADJECTIVES
► AIRISH inclined to put on airs; arrogant, showing off → 1943 Amer. dial.
► ALL MOUTH AND TROUSERS blustering and boastful; showing off without having the qualities to justify it → Bk2007 UK sl.
► PROSSY stuck-up, conceited, showing off → 1960 Amer. dial.
► SEDITTY ► SIDIDY ► SIDITY arrogant, boastful, showing off → 1968 US sl.
► SPLIT-ARSE ► SPLIT-ASS given to showing off → 1917 services’ sl., orig. air force
► STYLING strutting, showing off → 1950s African-American sl.
► SWANKING showing off, acting in an arrogant or vulgar manner → 20C sl.
► VADY ► VOUDIE proud, vain, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, gay, merry → 1733 Sc.
► WADDIE ► WADY proud, vain, forward, ostentatious, showing off; elated, in high spirits, frisky, cheerful, gay, merry → 1733 Sc.

NOUNS
► BALLING a showing off, flaunting one’s possessions → 2000s sl.
► FOFARRAW ► FOOFOORAW  ostentation; show-off; bluster → Bk1974 Amer. sl.
► HIGH FLY showing off, acting in a superior, arrogant manner → L19 sl.
► HOT-DOGGERY showing off, hot-dogging → 1962 sl.
► HOT-DOGGING a showing off or boastfully displaying one’s abilities or accomplishments → 1929 sl., chiefly US & Aust.
► OVER-DO showing off, ostentation → 1927 W. Indies sl.
► PAPPY SHOW ► POPPY SHOW ► PUPPY SHOW foolishness, showing off; one who makes a stupid exhibition of themselves → L19 W. Indies
► STYLING showing off, acting ostentatiously → 1960s sl.
► SWANK arrogant, showing-off behaviour → M19 sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ACT-ASS a show-off, a braggart; one who sees themself as cleverer than they really are → 1970 US sl.
► ACTRESS an egocentric show-off, who is nonetheless amusing and witty; a homosexual who hogs the limelight → Bk1972 US homosexual sl.
► BARIMER a braggart, a show-off → Bk1966 Yiddish sl.
► BIG DOING ► BIG DOINGS a boaster, a braggart; a pompous person, a show-off, a bully → 1932 US sl.
► BIGNADUO a boaster, a bumptious person, a show-off, one who puts on airs → 1943 W. Indies
► BIG NOTER a show-off, a braggart who uses money to impress others; one who consistently draws attention to their own success, wealth, etc. → 1967 Aust, sl.
► BUSH LAIR a stupid show-off; a vulgar person → 1945 Aust. sl., derogatory
► FANCY DAN a dandy; an affected or pretentious fellow; a show-off → 1943 Amer. sl.
► GRANDSTAND ARTIST one who grandstands, or performs showily or ostentatiously in an attempt to impress onlookers; a show-off → 1948 sl.
► GRANDSTAND PLAYER one who grandstands, or performs showily or ostentatiously in an attempt to impress onlookers; a show-off → 1888 sl.
► HOT DOG a flashy, ostentatiously successful person; a show-off; later, also, a person proficient at a sport → 1894 sl., orig. US
► JACK THE BISCUIT a show-off; someone who is important or self-important enough to be ostentatious → 2002 UK sl. 
► KNOCKER an important or self-important male; a show-off → 20C US sl.
► LAIR ► LARE a youth or man who dresses flashily or shows off → 1923 Aust. sl.
► MILKBAR COWBOY a young male who shows off, hanging around cafes and street corners → Bk2004 Aust. sl.
► MISS NOTICE BOX a forward woman; one who shows off → 1995 sl.
► MUG LAIR a stupid show-off; a vulgar person → 1945 Aust. sl., derogatory
► MUSTARD CASE a supreme show-off → 2001 US sl.
► PAVIE ► PEEVEE a frivolous, giddy person; one who loves display, a show-off; one who puts on airs; an idle, trifling child → a1850 Sc.
► PISS-CUTTER a show-off, esp. a man who is all dressed up → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SHOWBOAT an attention-seeker or show-off → 1953 sl., orig. & chiefly US
► SHOW-OUT a show-off, a braggart; a loud, self-assertive person → 1954 Amer. dial.
► SMARTY PANTS an intellectual who shows off → 1935
► SWANK a show-off, a braggart → 1900s sl.
► SWANKER a braggart, a show-off → M19 sl.
► TEDDY BEAR a youth or man who dresses flashily or shows off → 1953 Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘lair’
► VEST a show-off → 1965 US sl.

PHRASES
► ALL ASS AND NO BODY said of a boaster, a loud talker, or a show-off → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► ALL PRICK AND NO PENCE describes a show-off, or pretense → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► STIFFIN’ AND JIVIN’ showing off → 1960s Amer. sl.

VERBS
► ADVERTISE to show off, to act in an exhibitionist manner and thus draw unneeded attention to oneself → 1930s sl., orig. US
► AIR OFF ONESELF to show off one’s superior status at others’ expense → 20C W. Indies sl.
► BE PUT THROUGH ONE’S FACINGS to be reprimanded or to show off → c1865 colloq., orig. military sl.
► BUNG ON SIDE to show off → 1910s Aust.
► BUNG ON SWERVE to show off → 1910s Aust.
► BUNG ON THE BULL to show off; to act in a pretentious manner → 1940s Aust. sl.
► COME THE LA-DI-DA ► COME THE LARDY-DAH to show off in dress and manner → c1883 sl.
► CUT DINGDOES to put on airs, to show off → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► CUT UP to cut a dash; to show off; to behave badly or indecorously → 1787 US colloq.
► DASH to make a show, to display, to show off → 1813 Sc.
► DO DAGS to do something that the other person cannot do; to show off; to play foolhardy tricks → c1850 colloq.
► DO ONE’S STUFF to show off a specialty → 1920s sl.
► DO THE LA-DI-DA ► DO THE LARDY-DAH to show off in dress and manner → c1883 sl.
► FANCY-DAN to show off → 1955 Amer. sl., esp. sports usage
► FEATURE to strut, to show off → 1970 Amer. dial.
► FLASH THE GAB to show off in talk; to hold forth → 1819 sl.
► GO THROUGH ONE’S FACINGS to be reprimanded or to show off → c1865 colloq., orig. military sl.
► HIGH PRIME to show off → L19 African-American sl.
► HOT-DOG to show off; to display one’s abilities or accomplishments in a boastful manner; to perform with ostentatious skill → 1959 US & Aust. sl.
► LAIR to dress flashily; to show off → 1928 Aust. sl.
► LAIRISE ► LAIRIZE to show off → 1953 Aust. sl.
► LARE to dress flashily; to show off → 1928 Aust. sl.
► LARGE ► LARGE IT to show off, to act aggressively → 1990s sl.
► OSTENTATE to make a show of, to show off; to display ostentatiously or boastfully → c1540 rare
► PILE ON DOG to show off; to put on airs; to something energetically or noisily → M19 sl., orig. US
► PILE ON THE AGONY to exaggerate, to show off → 1837 US sl., orig. theatrical usage
► PLAY THE ZOUAVE to show off, to swagger → World War I army sl.
► PROFILE FOR THE FANS to strut; to show off → Bk1970 US students’ sl.
► PUT ON AN ACT to show off, to talk for display, to behave insincerely → 1934 sl.
► PUT ON THE AGONY to exaggerate, to show off → 1837 US sl., orig. theatrical usage 
► PUT ON THE DOG to show off; to put on airs; to something energetically or noisily → M19 sl., orig. US
► SELL A WOLF ► SELL A WOLF TICKET ► SELL A WOOF ► SELL A WOOF TICKET to brag or boast or show off; to talk loudly; to tell a lie → 1970s African-American sl.
► SET DAGS to do something that the other person cannot do; to show off → M19 sl.
► SHOWBOAT to show off → 1951 US sl.
► SHOWCASE to show off → 1945 US sl.
► SHOW OFF to act like a show-off → Amer. colloq.
► SHOW OUT to make a display of oneself; to behave extravagantly, esp. in order to drawn attention to oneself; to brag, to show off → 1841 Amer. dial.
► STRUT ONE’S STUFF to show off; to display one’s ability → 1926 sl., orig. US
► STYLE ► STYLE OFF to show off, to strut around → 1960s sl. orig. African-American
► SWAMP to put on airs; to show off → World War I Amer. sl.
► SWANK to boast, to behave boastfully, self-importantly, or ostentatiously; to swagger; to show off → 1809 sl.
► VAPOUR to act in a fantastic or ostentatious manner; to show off; to swagger; to walk in with a swaggering air → 1652
► WALK THE DOG to show off by driving or walking at speed → 1910s US sl.