Category:Flaunt

Flaunt ( or ; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flaunted; p. pr. & vb. n.. Flaunting.] Etym: [Cf. dial. G. flandern to flutter, wave; perh. akin to E. flatter, flutter.]

Defn: 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 Flaunt, v. t.

Defn: To display ostentatiously; to make an impudent show of.

flaunt Flaunt, n.

Defn: Anything displayed for show. [Obs.] In these my borrowed flaunts. Shak.