show-off

See also: showoff and show off

English

Etymology

Deverbal from show off.

Noun

One who shows off; a person given to egotistically demonstrating their prowess or ability.
Quit being such a show-off, before someone gets hurt.

Usage notes

Describing someone as a show-off carries an implicit endorsement of their capability: one can only "show off" if one actually has something to show. An individual who seeks attention that they are not perceived to deserve is usually described more dismissively as an attention seeker or loudmouth.

Translations

one who shows off

Azerbaijani: lovğa (az)
Bulgarian: фукльо m (fukljo), баровец (bg) (barovec)
Catalan: fatxenda (ca) m or f, presumit (ca) m, presumida (ca) f
Danish: blærerøv (da) (slang)
Dutch: aansteller (nl) m, uitslover (nl) m
Esperanto: fanfaronulo m or c, pavo (eo) c
Finnish: mahtailija (fi), brassailija (slang)
French: m’as-tu-vu (fr) m
Georgian: მატრაკვეცა (maṭraḳveca), მეტიჩარა (meṭičara)
German: Angeber (de) m
Hebrew: שְׁוִיצֶר (he) m (shvítzer)
Italian: coatto (it), sborone (it) (both slang)
Latin: ostentātor m
Portuguese: metido (pt) m, exibido (pt) m, exibida (pt) f
Russian: позёр (ru) m (pozjór), хвастун (ru) (xvastun), бахвал (ru) (baxval)
Sicilian: spacchiusu (scn) m
Spanish: exhibicionista (es) m, fanfarrón (es) m, fantasma (es) m (colloquial, Spain), postureador m, presumido (es) m, mandaparte c
Tagalog: pasikat

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