showboat

English

WOTD – 27 December 2015

Etymology

From show +‎ boat.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃoʊˌboʊt/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

showboat (plural showboats)

1. (US) A river steamboat having a resident theatre.
2. (informal, chiefly US, by extension) A showoff.
   • 2004, Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, spoken by Steve Zissou (Bill Murray):

     Well, I was a little upset at first. I mean, obviously people are going to think I'm a showboat, and a little bit of a prick.

Translations

river steamer with theatre

• Dutch: evenementenboot
• Finnish: teatterilaiva
• French: bateau-théâtre m
• German: Theaterschiff n
• Hebrew: סְפִינַת שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים (he) f (sfinat sha'ashu'im)
• Hungarian: színházhajó
• Italian: battello-teatro m
• Swedish: teaterbåt c

showoff — see showoff

Verb

showboat (third-person singular simple present showboats, present participle showboating, simple past and past participle showboated)

1. (informal, chiefly US) To show off.

Synonyms

• grandstand (verb)

Anagrams

• boat show