noun
Meaning 1
A river steamboat having a resident theatre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
showboat
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈʃoʊˌboʊt/
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CMU ARPABET: SH OW1 B OW2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A person, often an athlete or performer, who behaves in an ostentatious, flashy manner to attract attention or admiration; a showoff.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, broadly, informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: show pony
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To show off.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, ambitransitive, informal
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flex, grandstand, stunt, aura farm, boulevardier, cut a wide swath, cut it fat, cut round, exhibitionize, figure away, flamboast, flaunt, floss, fluff one's feathers, gallery, high-side, let one's nuts hang, ostent, ostentate, preen, showboat, show away, show off, strut, strut one's stuff, swag it out, swagger, swank, three-sheet, venditate, yaya
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a river steamboat on which theatrical performances could be given (especially on the Mississippi River)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: river boat, steamboat
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh1-der. Proto-Germanic *skawwōną Proto-West Germanic *skauwōn Old English scēawian Middle English schewen English show Proto-Indo-European *bheyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bhóydos Proto-Germanic *baitaz Proto-West Germanic *bait Old English bāt Middle English bot English boat English showboat From show + boat.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: evenementenboot — river steamer with theatre
- Finnish: teatterilaiva — river steamer with theatre
- French: bateau-théâtre — river steamer with theatre
- German: Theaterschiff — river steamer with theatre
- Hebrew: סְפִינַת שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים (sfinat sha'ashu'im) — river steamer with theatre
- Hungarian: színházhajó — river steamer with theatre
- Icelandic: leikhúsbátur — river steamer with theatre
- Italian: battello-teatro — river steamer with theatre
- Polish: parowiec ze sceną — river steamer with theatre
- Swedish: teaterbåt — river steamer with theatre
- Polish: szpaner — show-off
- Polish: szpanerka — show-off
- Polish: szpanować — to show off
- Polish: zaszpanować — to show off
- Polish: popisywać się — to show off
- Polish: popisać się — to show off