About The Word Flaunt
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Flaunt
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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. |
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