Definition of "show off"

show off

verb
third-person singular simple present shows off, present participle showing off, simple past showed off, past participle shown off
1. (transitive, idiomatic) To exhibit the best attributes of something.
2. (transitive and intransitive, idiomatic) To attract attention to for the purpose of bragging or personal exhibitionism; to demonstrate a skill, talent or property for the purpose of bragging or personal exhibitionism.
  Quotations
  If you've just acquired a Google Glass headset for £1,000, don't show it off at the movies. UK cinemas are to ban the headsets over fears that the gadgets can be used to make pirate copies of Hollywood blockbusters.
  2014 June 29, Adam Sherwin, “UK cinemas ban Google glasses over piracy risk”, in The Independent‎
  She told the press that the group had been for an evening out and that the driver has been showing off by driving fast.
  2022 September 7, “Network News: High-speed car crash blocks Tube Line”, in RAIL, number 965, page 23
noun
plural show offs
1. Alternative form of show-off