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to floss

to floss

4 9.4
To show off expensive things to try to impress people
  • verb
  • /flɔs/
  • Slang
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  • During the party, he made sure to floss his expensive shoes and flashy watch.

I'm asking you to drive to the bar and floss in your car.

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Examples

  • Not know what we're talking about, but Ninja did this big thing in New York with like to countdown the new year and he had everyone flossing in in Times Square.

  • Many well off people don't like flossing their wealth, whereas some go all out.

  • Yeah, L plus ratio plus floss at New York at Times Square in the rain.

  • you gonna floss the damn thing, too?

  • Now I'm flossing in front of my enemy.

  • I admire a guy who's not ashamed to floss.

  • It's nice to see like younger people and that are not like so young that they're like hell immature and flossing their way through life.

  • She likes to floss her new designer handbag on social media to impress her friends.

  • They always floss their latest gadgets when they post online pictures.

Synonyms

to flash around
vsto floss
  • Informal
7.0

To show off expensive things, like a watch or car, to impress other people

is informal slang used mainly online to show off style or wealth

Antonyms

1.0

To keep something so others cannot see or understand it

Compounds

7 2.8

A thin thread used to clean between the teeth

butt floss
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A very small swimsuit or underwear with a thin strip of cloth between the buttocks

How Showy

to flaunt
62 5.7
to floss
  • Slang
4 9.4
to parade
47 3.9
to display
439 1.9

Surface Forms

floss infinitive
flossed past
flossed past participle
flossing present participle
flosses third person singular

Etymology

Floss meaning 'to show off' is modern slang, and a helpful way to remember it is to think of something described as flossy—very showy or shiny. So to floss is to proudly display your money, clothes, or style to impress people.