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English Dictionary: vaporing by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vaporing
n
  1. an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"
    Synonym(s): brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vapor \Va"por\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Vapored}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Vaporing}.] [From {Vapor}, n.: 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vaporing \Va"por*ing\, a.
      Talking idly; boasting; vaunting. -- {Va"por*ing*ly}, adv.
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