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  • present participle of vapor.
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vaporing

[vey-per-ing] / ˈveɪ pər ɪŋ /
NOUN
delusions of grandeur
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The press was busy vaporing upon the significance of a de Valera free to roam the Free State.

From Time Magazine Archive

Alas, this harmless mental vaporing is now d�mod�!

From Time Magazine Archive

Apparently the only contribution Fiver could make was this beetle-spirited vaporing.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Hi, hi, my springalds! what meaneth all this vaporing and noise?

From Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims by Austin, Jane G. (Jane Goodwin)

Yet to argue with worriers is of little use; convince them at every point, and the next moment they return to their old aggravating, vaporing credo.

From Maids Wives and Bachelors by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston




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