Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to showboat
Participle: showboated
Gerund: showboating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | showboat |
| you | showboat |
| he;she;it | showboats |
| we | showboat |
| you | showboat |
| they | showboat |
Perfect
| I | have showboated |
| you | have showboated |
| he;she;it | has showboated |
| we | have showboated |
| you | have showboated |
| they | have showboated |
Past
| I | showboated |
| you | showboated |
| he;she;it | showboated |
| we | showboated |
| you | showboated |
| they | showboated |
Pluperfect
| I | had showboated |
| you | had showboated |
| he;she;it | had showboated |
| we | had showboated |
| you | had showboated |
| they | had showboated |
Future
| I | will showboat |
| you | will showboat |
| he;she;it | will showboat |
| we | will showboat |
| you | will showboat |
| they | will showboat |
Future Perfect
| I | will have showboated |
| you | will have showboated |
| he;she;it | will have showboated |
| we | will have showboated |
| you | will have showboated |
| they | will have showboated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | showboat |
| you | showboat |
| he;she;it | showboat |
| we | showboat |
| you | showboat |
| they | showboat |
Perfect
| I | have showboated |
| you | have showboated |
| he;she;it | have showboated |
| we | have showboated |
| you | have showboated |
| they | have showboated |
Imperfect
| I | showboated |
| you | showboated |
| he;she;it | showboated |
| we | showboated |
| you | showboated |
| they | showboated |
Pluperfect
| I | had showboated |
| you | had showboated |
| he;she;it | had showboated |
| we | had showboated |
| you | had showboated |
| they | had showboated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would showboat |
| you | would showboat |
| he;she;it | would showboat |
| we | would showboat |
| you | would showboat |
| they | would showboat |
Perfect
| I | would have showboated |
| you | would have showboated |
| he;she;it | would have showboated |
| we | would have showboated |
| you | would have showboated |
| they | would have showboated |
Imperative
| you | showboat |
| we | Let's showboat |
| you | showboat |
Verbs conjugated like 'showboat'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'showboat'
browbeat,
shoot,
showroom,
snowboard,
boat,
bowcat,
combat,
cowboy,
crowbar,
hobday,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. English show
3. Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd-
4. Proto-Indo-European *-os
5. Proto-Indo-European *bʰóydos
6. Proto-Germanic *baitaz
7. Proto-West Germanic *bait
8. Old English bāt
9. Middle English bot
10. English boat
11. English showboat
12. From show + boat.
Sample Sentences
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Out: Trash talk, dirty play, crybabying, showboating and players who can't be bothered to show up for games or keep their shoes on. [1995 June 15, Scott Ostler, “SCOTT OSTLER -- Hakeem Sets Old Standard”, in San Francisco Chronicle:]
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Their duel had something often lacking in this memorable era of men’s tennis: an edge, as Kyrgios showboated and intentionally smacked balls at Nadal’s body, ignoring the glares that Nadal sometimes fired back. [2019 July 4, Christopher Clarey, “Rafael Nadal Doesn’t Fall for Nick Kyrgios’s Bag of Tricks”, in The New York Times:]