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[syn: brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Vapor \Va"por\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Vapored; p. pr. & vb. n.
Vaporing.] [From Vapor, n.: cf. L. vaporare.] [Written
also vapour.]
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1. To pass off in fumes, or as a moist, floating substance,
whether visible or invisible, to steam; to be exhaled; to
evaporate.
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2. To emit vapor or fumes. [R.]
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Running waters vapor not so much as standing waters.
--Bacon.
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3. To talk idly; to boast or vaunt; to brag.
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Poets used to vapor much after this manner.
--Milton.
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We vapor and say, By this time Matthews has beaten
them. --Walpole.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Vaporing \Va"por*ing\, a.
Talking idly; boasting; vaunting. -- Va"por*ing*ly, adv.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
vaporing
n 1: an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his
fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"
[syn: brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing,
line-shooting, gasconade]