When a celebrity has come back from a somewhat enforced social media hiatus (normally after alledged sexual misconduct)
A celebrity will Peacock and say theyre back on SM but make no mention of the allegation, ignoring them
I saw Mr Big is back on Instagram after his allegations hiatus
He's peacocking
verb. The practice of men dressing up outrageously flamboyantly, and strutting up and down, in order to win the game of my-tail's-more-fabulouser-than-yours with their mates. See mermen (stange folks of the male variety who go to great lengths to fashion themselves a tail, and pretend they are half man half fish. Mad enough for you?)
I was out peacocking the other day, when suddenly, along came a spider and sat ddown beside me, and proceeded to tetry to knaw my brain out with its incessant yabbering. Btw I am bonkers.
When somebody actively seeks attention on social media by posting a pic or video that is asking for likes/comments
Or when you’re trying to act up in front of somebody to get their attention
Why do you keep walking past that group of guys Emily?
I’m peacocking
The display of a fragile male ego; does something small that he wants a lot of attention for so he brings it up excessively.
"My boyfriend fixed the toilet at work and he's been peacocking all week."
"One of them will get motivated one day and spend the day doing it. After that, they'll walk around making a HUGE deal about how they did it for weeks. 'Peacocking', I believe it's called."
When you exaggerate your sides that are cool and impressive already, because fuck you that's why.
Hey, I'm giving you this hat because you are super tall. Wear it for peacocking, bro.
Trying to impress someone by being intentionally more flashy than normal.
This everyday pick-up going isn't cutting it anymore, we're going to have to go peacocking if we want any game.
We need to go out peacocking and pick up some hoes.