- a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
- show-off (def. 1).
- a person, especially an athlete, who performs in an ostentatiously sensational manner calculated to draw attention; show-off.
- to perform or behave in an outrageous or spectacular manner.
- a paddle-wheel river steamer with a theatre and a repertory company
- to perform or behave in a showy and flamboyant way