Thesaurus: flaunt

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1. v. i. To throw or spread out; to flutter; to move ostentatiously; as, a flaunting show.
2. v. t. To display ostentatiously; to make an impudent show of.
3. n. Anything displayed for show.
4. n. the act of displaying something ostentatiously
5. v. display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
6. 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. To display ostentatiously; to make an impudent show of. Anything displayed for show. [Obs.] In these my borrowed flaunts. Shak.
7. 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.
8. v:100 n. the act of displaying something ostentatiously v. display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously