vapouring

English

Verb

vapouring

1. present participle of vapour

Noun

vapouring (plural vapourings)

1. boasting; blustering
   • Washington Irving, A History of New-York

     All these valorous vapourings had a considerable effect in convincing certain profound sages, many of whom began to think the general a hero of unutterable loftiness and magnanimity of soul […]