Meaning of FLAUNT
| Pronunciation: | | flont
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- [n] the act of displaying something ostentatiously; "his behavior was an outrageous flaunt"
- [v] display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
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| | Synonyms: | | flash, ostentate, show off, swank |
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| | See Also: | | display, display, exhibit, expose, splurge | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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