show off

As a child, he would sometimes talk to this star, but only when he was his most serious, real self, and not being any sort of a show-off or clown.

What for other dancers might be show-off steps are integrated into a poetic vision, a different way of being.

As a child she loved to perform — she recalled herself as “a shameful show-off” — but she never considered an acting career.

“It’s a little bit of a show-off song, but people also like to sing along to the chorus because it’s very simple,” she said.

"In his early days, I accept, he showboated a lot," said Ferguson, who also described the young Ronaldo as "a wee show-off desperate to convince everyone how good he was".