boasting, bragging, act of boastful talk
change into vapor, evaporate; boast
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Vaporing Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Vapor
of Vapor
(a.)
Talking idly; boasting; vaunting.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTalking idly; boasting; vaunting.
vaporing
\va"por*ing\ (?), a. talking idly; boasting; vaunting. -- va"por*ing*ly , adv.
vaporing
n : an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight" [syn: brag, bragging, crow, crowing, line-shooting]
Noun
1. an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"
(synonym) brag, bragging, crow, crowing, line-shooting, gasconade
(hypernym) boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation
