demo

Naija

Etymology

from: English demonstration

Pronunciation

• dɛ̀mó

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
• Frequency in raw corpus: 4
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 12985

Definition

Make person dey showoff.

Verb

Make sombody dey form one kain one kain for anoder person.

• E begin dey demo for di palace.  — (Egbokhare _2020_ He/she started acting up in the place.)
• Na from day one dem don dey demo for us for that hostel, but as per sharp guys na, we no send dem.  — (NSC_Shulammite_2020_From the very beginning, they've been showing off in that hostel. But due to our kind of person, we don`t give a damn.)

Synonyms

• shakara, yanga,form

Antonyms

humble, calm down, jeje

Translations

• English: showoff, to act up