shown off

verb

variants or showed off
Definition of shown offnext
past participle of show off
1
as in cut up
to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior the athletes warmed up, happily showing off for the crowd before the match officially started

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2
as in shown
to present so as to invite notice or attention she just wants to show off her new jewelry

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shown off
  1. cut up
  2. shown
  3. showed
  4. announced
  5. exhibited
Verb
  • The receiver was the one who reacted first to the broken play, cut up the field to find open space and adjusted backward to the ball.
    Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Others were frozen and cut up, their torsos, skull bones, legs and arms leased out to for-profit companies and the military.
    Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of cut up
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  • Footage showed the toddler going down a purple slide, and Bronze couldn’t help but smile as he was joined by his father who slid down from another lane.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Relying on the philanthropic support of the Murdoch Institute, the work is progressing rapidly and has been shown to be effective already in mice, pigs and sheep.
    Dr. Marc Siegel Fox News, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of shown
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  • More than 330 million people throughout the world suffer from depressive disorders, and a 2019 study showed that 7% of Americans reported moderate or severe symptoms of depression in the previous two weeks.
    Ronnie Cohen, NPR, 5 Jan. 2025
  • However, Barcelona showed a concentration and seriousness befitting of what was asked of them, but unbecoming of the turbulent moment this squad are going through.
    Laia Cervelló Herrero, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of showed
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  • Research Institutes and Other Initiatives The College of William & Mary announced a $100 million gift that will be used to establish the Batten School of Coastal and Marine Sciences.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • That 10-year uptick was reported in a paper in 2023, while the American Association of Variable Star Observers announced T CrB’s pre-eruption dip in April 2024.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of announced
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  • Images produced by Botto exhibited for sale at Sotheby’s New York in October 2024.
    Lucy Handley, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
  • When integrated with laser neurons, the reservoir computing system exhibited superior performance in pattern recognition and long-term sequence prediction tasks across various AI applications.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of exhibited
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shown off

shown (someone) the door

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