show-off

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person who deliberately displays their abilities or possessions to attract attention or admiration

   He became a show-off whenever anyone asked about his new car.

A deverbal noun formed from the phrasal verb show off, whose reflexive sense developed from displaying something conspicuously to displaying one's own abilities or possessions for admiration.

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