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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 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 WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flaunt
n 1: the act of displaying something ostentatiously; "his
behavior was an outrageous flaunt"
v 1: display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he
showed off his new sports car" [syn: {flaunt}, {flash},
{show off}, {ostentate}, {swank}]
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