0 a slightly annoying form of behaviour, especially in sport, that is intended to attract attention or admiration because it is very skilful:
This so-called "showboating"and"talking up" the fight, risks mutating the sport into mere showbusiness.
Then they came out and went in for some showboating.
There was, however, a suggestion that, if the leader of my party were willing, they would engage in another showboating exercise.
His eccentricity has won him a great deal of fans, but what some perceive to be showboating has drawn substantial criticism.
Tully was a charismatic performer who combined audacious dribbling with outright showboating and razor sharp wit.
Janardan was even showboating by at first, walking backwards, then again by simply walking off the end of the pontoons into the water.
The clips chosen are typically embarrassing displays of showboating gone wrong.
They can use any given situation or feeling and produce a whole record without overplaying or showboating, they just get their point across and finish in silence.
