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dragonear

/dɾaɡoneˈaɾ/

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verb/dɾaɡoneˈaɾ/

to pose (as a professional); to show off; brag; to flirt; to woo; to eye

From dragón + -ear. 1701 is the first documented use of the word, meaning to show off, either derived from the flashiness of a dragon or of the dragoon. It came to mean to pose by 1874, and to flirt by 1885. The Uruguayan meaning is the most recent, 1978.