Noun: vaporing vey-pu-ring
Usage: US (elsewhere: vapouring)
Usage: US (elsewhere: vapour)
Usage: US (elsewhere: vapouring)
- An instance of boastful talk
"his vaporing is worse than his fight";
- brag, bragging, crow, crowing, gasconade [archaic], vapouring [Brit, Cdn]
Usage: US (elsewhere: vapour)
- Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
"The old man vapored on about the weather";
- chatter, piffle [informal], palaver [informal], prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle [informal], clack [informal], maunder, prattle, blab [informal], gibber, tattle, blabber [informal], gabble, vapour [Brit, Cdn], rabbit [Brit, informal], jibber-jabber, witter [Brit, informal], twattle [UK, dialect], yatter [Brit, informal], yabber [informal]
- Become or emit vapor
"The liquid began to vapor as it heated up";
- vapour [N. Amer]
Derived forms: vaporings
Type of: boast, boasting, jactitation, mouth, self-praise, skite [Austral, NZ, informal], speak, talk, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize
Encyclopedia: Vapor