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Define Showboating Meaning

Showboating
Adding unnecessary style flurishes to skilled activities, often beyond ones skill level, increasing the risk, and usually used to taunt or impress others.

That skateboarder was showboating to impress that girl when he broke his ankle.

The Washington Generals were down 150 to 10 but the Globetrotters were still showboating for the crowd.
By Melony
Showboating
1. To have a visibly exaggerated idea of ones own skills, talents, or abilities.
2. To exhibit a grotesque amount of undue and unfounded pride for a skill or ability which is actually mediocre.

Excellent examples of people who are really bad showboaters would be that 'Lord of the Dance' blockhead Michael Flatley, the ludicrously posturing Sarah Brightman and her bloated ego, and the Queen of the Showboaters, that swirling black hole of talentlessness herself - Celine Dion.

"This was our one chance to get rid of tha showboating Canadian wench!" - Peter Griffin, Family Guy
By Allissa
Showboating
to showboat is to perform highly skilled tricks with a fooball during a game.

Now thats what i call showboatin'!
see joe cole or jay jay okocha.
By Esmaria
Showboating
1. A confident person that more often than not; makes confident people less confident in a sho'-bo's presence.
2. A discrete person whose exuberance can be a turn off to those who don't know better.
3. A person whose lack of popularity, have it be a wealthy man around a poor group, makes people think negative connotation.
4. It's cool. A person that obtains or acquires style, status, ego, and often makes others believe there is no equal.
5. It's very cool. You spent a long time doing something in order to achieve an award; always being pride and joy but obviously exuberant. And the subject matter is important, because lets face it -Savor it!
...Hurried showboating:
A. Like my...
B. What do you think?
C. No words just materials
D. No words just good moves
E. No words only love

Jeff :Did you know Mike drives his chromed out truck to work and parks it where he and others can always see it when he works?
Mike :Don't forget the custom headlights!
Jeff :Our generation used to condone showboating, but now I think the whole world is pretty much gone crazy!
By Lory
Showboat
1. to behave in showy, flamboyant way

2. a showy, flamboyant person

It's his showboat behavior that makes Americans look bad.
By Renae
Showboat
a retarded musical

showboat is just plain stupid. i haven't seen it but i know i won't like it.
By Dulciana
Showboat
See Terrell Owens

T.O. is such a showboat that he's the reason "Excessive Celebration" is a penalty.
By Odilia
Showboating
When your girlfriend won't have sex with you; and you precede to pleasure yourself manually in full vision of her, fully flaunting your engorged member.

This may be done

(1) out of spite,

(2) in an attempt to induce her into sexual activity,

(3) or just simply to get a nut off.

Guy 1: Hey dude, did you get any pussy last night?

Guy 2: No damnit, my girl was tired so I showboated.

Guy 1: What a bitch! Always making you turn to showboating.
By Nissy
Showboat
An attractive boy or group of attractive boys used by a small group of girls for the sole purpose of showing off. The girls don't necessary like to be around the boys they are just there to look cute. This is a female version of arm candy.

Person 1:Man! would you look at those broads with all those cute boys!
Person 2: Aww they ain't nothing but a bunch of showboats.
By Gilberte
Showboating
Everything PK Subban does

PK Subban is a cocky hockey player, always showboating. While Marchand is just passionate
By Annetta