Peacocking is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Peacocking meaning
Ostentatious dress or behaviour employed by a man in an attempt to impress women.
Using Peacocking
- The main meaning on this page is: Ostentatious dress or behaviour employed by a man in an attempt to impress women.
Context around Peacocking
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Peacocking
- In this selection, "peacocking" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 30.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, loud, star, kind and emerald stand out and add context to how "peacocking" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all star peacocking that s and started a peacocking emerald trousered. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "peacocking" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with peacocking
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The peacocking in front of the paparazzi is quite something - and the nominees haven't even begun to arrive yet. (20 words)
Luckily, this mutually beneficial relationship results in a sort of All-Star peacocking that’s become a focal point of professional basketball. (22 words)
I wouldn't say she starts dressing sexier, but the big choice we made in the beginning of the movie is she's this loud, peacocking kind of girl, which obviously gets her fired pretty early on in the movie. (40 words)
I wouldn't say she starts dressing sexier, but the big choice we made in the beginning of the movie is she's this loud, peacocking kind of girl, which obviously gets her fired pretty early on in the movie. (40 words)
Failure to comply could have started a peacocking, emerald trousered, silver Beatle-booted riot that the narrow corridors of WWW X just don’t allow for, and anyway Kikagaku Moyo seem to be having as much fun as everyone else. (40 words)
Luckily, this mutually beneficial relationship results in a sort of All-Star peacocking that’s become a focal point of professional basketball. (22 words)
Example sentences (4)
I wouldn't say she starts dressing sexier, but the big choice we made in the beginning of the movie is she's this loud, peacocking kind of girl, which obviously gets her fired pretty early on in the movie.
Failure to comply could have started a peacocking, emerald trousered, silver Beatle-booted riot that the narrow corridors of WWW X just don’t allow for, and anyway Kikagaku Moyo seem to be having as much fun as everyone else.
Luckily, this mutually beneficial relationship results in a sort of All-Star peacocking that’s become a focal point of professional basketball.
The peacocking in front of the paparazzi is quite something - and the nominees haven't even begun to arrive yet.