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4 definitions found 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: flaunt n : the act of displaying something ostentatiously; "his behavior was an outrageous flaunt" [syn: {flaunting}] v : display proudly [syn: {flash}, {show off}, {swank}]
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