flaunt
flaunt
Definition
flaunt (flônt)
intransitive verb
- to make a gaudy, ostentatious, conspicuous, impudent, or defiant display
- to flutter or wave freely
Etymology: 15th & 16th c., prob. < dial. flant, to strut coquettishly, akin to Norw flanta < ON flana, run back and forth < IE *plano- < base *pla-, broad, flat, spread out > Gr planos, wandering
transitive verb
- to show off proudly, defiantly, or impudently to flaunt one's guilt
- flout: usage objected to by many
noun
Archaic the act of flaunting
flaunt′·ingly adverb
Rareflaunt′y adjective
flaunt
Synonyms
flaunt
Usage Examples
Object
- wealth: The automobile, more than almost any other possession, allowed people to flaunt wealth.
- rule: However, in what is appearing to be a power struggle, two entities are flaunting these rules.
- fact: I find it makes me feel much better to flaunt this fact in front of them whenever I can.
- law: POLICE have warned they will be taking a no-nonsense approach to people flaunting firework laws in the build-up to bonfire night celebrations.
- convention: French filmmaker Bruno Dumont deliberately flaunts nearly every convention of the horror genre in the experimental Twentynine Palms.
- cash: Don't go into your money belt in public places and don't flaunt cash.
Used with why or when
- what: It was as if suddenly, at his most vulnerable moment, humanity was determined to flaunt what he had missed most of all.
Modifying Another Word
- n't: Don't go into your money belt in public places and do n't flaunt cash.
- not: Democrats persuade and do not flaunt power in a military fashion.
- also: Its design also flaunts more pronounced cubist angles to discriminate it from Samsung's army of black sliders.
- openly: The Police have taken to openly flaunting their firepower.
- never: Never flaunt your valuables in public or you'll be inviting trouble.
- much: Well, I gave it a 3-star read because: he flaunted too much on Flaubert and his likes.
Preposition: in
- front: We need his vigor and long hours of course; we just don't want it flaunted in front of us.
flaunt Quotes
When you've got it, flaunt it.
That's it baby. If you've got it, flaunt it.
