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Flaunt
Pronunciation : Flaunt ( or ; 277)
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. dial. G. flandern to flutter, wave; perh. akin to E. flatter, flutter.]
Definition : 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.
i. [imp. & p. p. Flaunted; p. pr. & vb. n.. Flaunting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Flaunt
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To display ostentatiously; to make an impudent show of.
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Flaunt
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Anything displayed for show. [Obs.] In these my borrowed flaunts. Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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