English Dictionary: flaunt | by the DICT Development Group |
4 results for flaunt | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Flaunt \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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Flaunt \Flaunt\, v. t. To display ostentatiously; to make an impudent show of. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Flaunt \Flaunt\, n. Anything displayed for show. [Obs.] In these my borrowed flaunts. --Shak. |