n .
a flash show or ostentatious show of bravery or defiance 뽐내기, 또는 용감함이나 반항심으로 허세 부리기

• The commander's speech was the product not of bravery but of bravado ; as soon as the soldiers left the room, he collapsed in tears.
• With almost unbelievable bravado, the defendant stood before the judge and told him that he had no idea how his fingerprints had gotten on the murder weapon
  피고인은 믿기 어려운 허세를 부리며 판사 앞에 바로 서서 자신의 지문이 어떻게 살인에 사용된 무기에서 나오게 되었는지 모르겠다고 판사에게 당당하게 말했다.