showboat
pronunciation
How to pronounce showboat in British English:
UK [ˈʃəʊbəʊt]
How to pronounce showboat in American English:
US [ˈʃoʊboʊt]
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- Noun:
- a river steamboat on which theatrical performances could be given (especially on the Mississippi River)
Word Origin
- showboat (n.)
- also show-boat, 1838, "river boat on which theatrical performances are given," from show (n.) + boat (n.). The verb meaning "to show off" is attested from 1951.
Example
- 1. That newscaster is a showboat , she want to is on camera all the time .
- 2. Like some kind of vigilante showboat . But his days are done .
- 3. But here at the showboat , they told me I could try again .
- 4. Showboat all you want in baseball , but you 've still got to step into the batter 's box and hit the damn ball .
- 5. An armed man involved in an overnight standoff with police outside the showboat casino in atlantic city has surrendered peacefully .