From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Vaporing \Va"por*ing\, adjective Talking idly; boasting; vaunting. -- {Va"por*ing*ly}, adverb
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Vapor \Va"por\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Vapored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vaporing}.] [From {Vapor}, noun: cf. L. vaporare.] [Written also {vapour}.]
1. To pass off in fumes, or as a moist, floating substance, whether visible or invisible, to steam; to be exhaled; to evaporate.
2. To emit vapor or fumes. [R.]
Running waters vapor not so much as standing waters. --Bacon.
3. To talk idly; to boast or vaunt; to brag.
Poets used to vapor much after this manner. --Milton.
We vapor and say, By this time Matthews has beaten them. --Walpole.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
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}, {line-shooting}, {gasconade}]
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