'Vaporing' definitions:

Definition of 'vaporing'

From: WordNet
noun
An instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade" [syn: brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade]

Definition of 'Vaporing'

From: GCIDE
  • Vapor \Va"por\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Vapored; p. pr. & vb. n. Vaporing.] [From Vapor, n.: cf. L. vaporare.] [Written also vapour.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To pass off in fumes, or as a moist, floating substance, whether visible or invisible, to steam; to be exhaled; to evaporate. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To emit vapor or fumes. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • Running waters vapor not so much as standing waters. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To talk idly; to boast or vaunt; to brag. [1913 Webster]
  • Poets used to vapor much after this manner. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • We vapor and say, By this time Matthews has beaten them. --Walpole. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Vaporing'

From: GCIDE
  • Vaporing \Va"por*ing\, a. Talking idly; boasting; vaunting. -- {Va"por*ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]