flaunt
11flaunt|y — «FLN tee, FLAHN », adjective. flaunting; showy. –flaunt´i|ly, adverb. –flaunt´i|ness, noun …
12Flaunt — Flaunt, n. Anything displayed for show. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] In these my borrowed flaunts. Shak. [1913 Webster] …
13flaunt — [flo:nt US flo:nt, fla:nt] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language] 1.) to show your money, success, beauty etc so that other people notice it used to show disapproval ▪ The rich flaunted their wealth while the poor… …
14flaunt — [flônt] vi. [15th & 16th c., prob. < dial. flant, to strut coquettishly, akin to Norw flanta < ON flana, run back and forth < IE * plano < base * pla , broad, flat, spread out > Gr planos, wandering] 1. to make a gaudy,… …
15flaunt — I verb air, be conspicuous, be ostentatious, be showy, boast, brandish, display, display oneself boldly, display with effrontery, exhibit, exhibit boastfully, flash, flourish, iactare, make a gaudy display, make a show of, make a showy appearance …
16flaunt — (v.) 1560s, to display oneself in flashy clothes, of unknown origin; perhaps a variant of flout or vaunt. It looks French, but it corresponds to no known French word. Transitive sense is from 1827. Related: Flaunted; flaunting …
17flaunt — parade, expose, display, exhibit, *show Analogous words: *boast, brag, vaunt, gasconade: *reveal, disclose, discover, divulge: advertise, publish, broadcast, proclaim, *declare Contrasted words: cloak, mask, *disguise, dissemble, camouflage:… …
18flaunt — [v] make an exhibition, show off advertise, air, boast, brandish, break out, broadcast, declare, disclose, display, disport, divulge, expose, fan it*, flash, flash about, flourish, gasconade, grandstand*, hotdog*, let it all hang out*, make a… …
19flaunt — verb he flaunts his young wife as if she were the prize heifer at the county fair Syn: show off, display ostentatiously, make a (great) show of, put on show/display, parade; brag about, crow about, vaunt; informal flash •• flaunt, flout Confusion …
20flaunt — flaunter, n. flauntingly, adv. /flawnt/, v.i. 1. to parade or display oneself conspicuously, defiantly, or boldly. 2. to wave conspicuously in the air. v.t. 3. to parade or display ostentatiously: to flaunt one s wealth. 4. to ignore or treat… …
