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English Dictionary: flaunt by the DICT Development Group
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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"
    Synonym(s): flaunt, flash, show off, ostentate, swank
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.
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