Flaunt

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Flaunt \Flaunt\, v. t.
     To display ostentatiously; to make an impudent show of. "If
     you've got it, flaunt it."
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Flaunt \Flaunt\, n.
     Anything displayed for show. [Obs.]
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           In these my borrowed flaunts.            --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Flaunt \Flaunt\ (fl[aum]nt or fl[add]nt; 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.
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           You flaunt about the streets in your new gilt chariot.
                                                    --Arbuthnot.
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           One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade. --Pope.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  flaunt
       n : the act of displaying something ostentatiously; "his
           behavior was an outrageous flaunt"
       v : display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he
           showed off his new sports car" [syn: {flash}, {show off},
            {ostentate}, {swank}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  83 Moby Thesaurus words for "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