vaporing

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vaporing - 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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  Vaporing \Va"por*ing\, a.
     Talking idly; boasting; vaunting. -- Va"por*ing*ly, adv.
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vaporing - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]