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Flaunt

Flaunt Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Flaunt? [n] the act of displaying something ostentatiously; "his behavior was an outrageous flaunt" [v] display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously Synonyms \| Synonyms for Flaunt: flash \| ostentate \| show off \| swank Related Terms \| Find terms related to Flaunt: advertise \| affect \| air \| betoken \| blazon forth \| boast \| brag \| brandish \| breathe \| bring forth \| bring forward \| bring into view \| bring out \| bring to notice \| broadcast \| dangle \| declare \| demonstrate \| develop \| disclose \| discover \| display \| disport \| divulge \| dramatize \| emblazon \| embody \| enact \| evidence \| evince \| exhibit \| expose \| expose to view \| express \| flap \| flash \| float \| flourish \| flutter \| fly \| gasconade \| give sign \| give token \| highlight \| hold up \| illuminate \| incarnate \| indicate \| make clear \| make plain \| manifest \| materialize \| mean \| parade \| perform \| present \| proclaim \| produce \| publish \| put forth \| put forward \| represent \| reveal \| roll out \| set forth \| shake \| show \| show forth \| show off \| sport \| spotlight \| swing \| token \| trot out \| trumpet \| trumpet forth \| undulate \| unfold \| vaunt \| wag \| wave \| wield \| wigwag See Also \| display \| display \| exhibit \| expose \| splurge Flaunt In Webster's Dictionary \Flaunt\ (? or ?; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flaunted}; p. pr. & vb. n.. {Flaunting}.] [Cf. dial. G. flandern to flutter, wave; perh. akin to E. flatter, flutter.] To throw or spread out; to flutter; to move ostentatiously; as, a flaunting show. You flaunt about the streets in your new gilt chariot. --Arbuthnot. One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade. --Pope. \Flaunt\, v. t. To display ostentatiously; to make an impudent show of. \Flaunt\, n. Anything displayed for show. [Obs.] In these my borrowed flaunts. --Shak.

Flaunt Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Flaunt?

[n] the act of displaying something ostentatiously; "his behavior was an outrageous flaunt"
[v] display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously

Synonyms | Synonyms for Flaunt: flash | ostentate | show off | swank

Flaunt In Webster's Dictionary

\Flaunt\ (? or ?; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flaunted};
p. pr. & vb. n.. {Flaunting}.] [Cf. dial. G. flandern to
flutter, wave; perh. akin to E. flatter, flutter.]
To throw or spread out; to flutter; to move ostentatiously;
as, a flaunting show.

      You flaunt about the streets in your new gilt chariot.
                                               --Arbuthnot.

      One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade. --Pope.


\Flaunt\, v. t.
To display ostentatiously; to make an impudent show of.


\Flaunt\, n.
Anything displayed for show. [Obs.]

      In these my borrowed flaunts.            --Shak.

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