Word: show-off
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...Show-off patriots...
Partly to amuse the crowds and partly to prove what a great pitcher he is, Feigner does a lot of show-off stunts during every game. He pitches one inning on his knees, another while standing at second base, a third while wearing a blindfold. Sometimes he throws the ball between his legs or behind his back. When the ball is hit back toward the mound, he snares it and, instead of throwing to first, pretends to examine the seams; then, just in time, Feigner fires the ball behind his back and throws the runner...
...never get wet behind the ears as far as surfing goes but like to immerse themselves in the dense jargon of the in group. To all, "baggies" are the loose-legged boxer swim trunks worn by the boys. "Hot dogging" is either class-A surfing or show-off stuff. To "take gas" or "wipe out" is to lose a board in the curl of a wave and land in the foamy "soup...
...Alastair Sim, who mugs it up as the heroine's lawyer, can steal a frame from this subtle performer who hardly seems to move his face at all. Comedian Sellers indeed is not a performer, but an actor in the best sense of the word; not a professional show-off who attracts attention to what he is doing, but an artist who reveals what he is. And what Sellers is, solely and invariably, is the character he is portraying. In playing Shaw's exotic sawbones, he employs all manner of visual props: a purple complexion, a sweaty...
Autobiographical Confessions. Even in his past, there is a lot to fret about. He describes his early self as "show-off," "smart aleck," "clod" and "wisecracking punk," worriedly says, "I'm sure my friends thought I was a pansy. I sculpted in wood and wrote short stories...