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  • 121show — verb (past participle shown or showed) 1》 be, allow, or cause to be visible.     ↘exhibit or produce for inspection.     ↘present (a film or television programme) on a screen for viewing.     ↘represent or depict in art.     ↘(show oneself or one …

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  • 122show-off — noun informal a person who boastfully displays their abilities or accomplishments …

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  • 123talk big — informal talk confidently or boastfully. → big …

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  • 124trumpet — noun 1》 a brass musical instrument with a flared bell and a bright, penetrating tone.     ↘an organ stop with a quality resembling that of a trumpet. 2》 something shaped like a trumpet, especially the tubular corona of a daffodil flower. 3》 the… …

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  • 125woof — woof1 [wʊf] noun the barking sound made by a dog. verb 1》 bark. 2》 US black slang say something boastfully or aggressively. 3》 informal consume (food) ravenously. Origin C19: imitative. woof2 [wu:f] …

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  • 126ostentatiously — ad. Showily, pompously, boastfully, with a flourish of trumpets, with beat of drum …

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  • 127boastful — adjective talking too proudly about yourself: We all got drunk and became very loud and boastful. boastfully adverb boastfulness noun (U) …

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  • 128chat — vb Chat, gab, chatter, patter, prate, prattle, babble, gabble, jabber, gibber denote to emit a loose and ready flow of inconsequential talk or as nouns the talk so emitted. To chat is to talk in light, easy, and pleasant fashion {in easy mirth we …

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