Ostentatious in gait or behaviour; showy; strutting, swaggering.

Of a person: swaggering; given to ruffling (ruffle, v.2 2a).

figurative. Swelling with pride or importance; wrangling, contending; flaunting, swaggering. Obsolete except as in 5b.

Of a person: given to ostentation; seeking to attract attention or admiration.

Of persons: Given to show, fond of cutting a dash, ‘swellish’; also, vain and conceited.

That parades (in various senses); (formerly) spec. †showing off, given to display (obsolete).

given to display, ostentatious; = show-off, adj.

Gaudy, showy, smart. Of persons: Dashing, ostentatious, swaggering, ‘swell’. Also Flash Harry: see Harry, n.2 2c.

Of persons. Of a flashy or pretentious type.

Ostentatious; strutting.

Bent upon making a (prominent) figure.

Inclined to flutter.

Affected, pretentious; given to or characterized by attitudinizing.