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vaporing
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va·por·ing  (vpr-ng)
adj.
Foolishly bombastic; boastful.
n.
Boastful or bombastic talk or behavior: "All his . . . dreams of fame were the vaporings of a shoddy aesthete without talent" (Thomas Wolfe).
vapor·ing·ly adv.
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Noun1.vaporing - an instance of boastful talkvaporing - an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"
brag, bragging, crowing, gasconade, line-shooting, crow
boast, boasting, jactitation, self-praise - speaking of yourself in superlatives
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