Verb:

Showboat,

showboater's Usage Examples:

term is particularly applied in sports, where a showboat (or sometimes "showboater") will do something flashy before (or even instead of) actually achieving.

Is a showboater and an overconfident cop.

A showboater by nature, Malice made sure that his emergence was well televised.

positionally suspect," but added: "Gascoigne was no smoke-and-mirrors showboater: his creativity was crucial in deciding deadlocked matches.

however, he got into trouble with Julian, who accused him of being a showboater.

But he also brings a reputation as a showboater and a hothead with a penchant for windiness.

" He explained that he considered Mets shortstop José Reyes a showboater for his post-home run displays and that the Phillies had mocked their.