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showboat

 verb
     
show‧boat [intransitive] informal
if someone playing a sport is showboating, they are trying to make people admire them by doing skilful tricks, but are not playing effectively for their team:
What did he ever do other than showboat around the pitch, beat five players, and end up losing the ball to the sixth?
—showboating noun [uncountable]
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