to flaunt
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5.7
- verb
- /flɔnt/
:
lucir
- She loves to flaunt her new dress at parties, hoping to catch everyone's eye.
- flaunt your figure
You do not brag, nor flaunt your rank, nor put yourself forward.
- You do not brag, nor flaunt your rank, nor put yourself forward.
- They've been flaunting many of the rules themselves.
- Crackdowns on corruption also meant that wealthy Chinese business people were no longer flaunting their wealth.
- So I got to a stage where you know, if you've got it, you might as well flaunt it.
- Because he flaunts the law, he wants unmitigated power.
- People are people are wild with flaunting that wealth.
- Don't don't stupid about it like you're flaunting it.
- Hey, come on, you can't blame anyone for chucking their meat when the Philly fanatic keeps flaunting all that junk in the trunk.
- They occupy leadership positions in public life, flaunt their sexual powers, are Hardy and boastful of their intellectual superiority.
Examples
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Well, if ya got it, flaunt it.
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They didn't flaunt their wealth very much and they didn't outrage the population that much.
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You had to go and flaunt it in front of the whole world.
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When you got it, flaunt it!
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The sun rose the next morning, like a young girl flaunting her beauty.
Fiction book (1994) -
Beds had been tidied for spring so perennials could flaunt their new growth.
Fiction book (1995) -
Crackdowns on corruption also meant that wealthy Chinese business people were no longer flaunting their wealth.
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To be manly, then, is to submit to civil authority, not to flaunt one's soldierly masculinity.
Academic text (2009) -
Don't flaunt your ignorance.
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In the pre-war Bronx, Moorish synagogues competed for attention with apartment houses flaunting Elizabethan facades.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
216
3.2
To act proudly to get attention or praise
68
5.1
To wear or show something to get attention
67
3.3
To show something quickly to get attention
47
3.9
To walk or behave to show off and attract attention
12
7.7
To show off something to impress other people, often on social media
5
4.9
To wave something in a dramatic way to attract attention
1
7.5
Act in a flashy way to get attention
1
7.7
To show something in a way that many people notice it
1
8.9
To talk proudly about your achievements to show off
To show things in a way that makes people admire you
Antonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
To show off the bottom or other private parts in a bold sexual way
How Showy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flaunt comes from old Scots and English words that meant 'to flutter' or 'to show off'. Think of someone waving a bright scarf or 'flapping' a coat to get attention, so to flaunt something is to show it in a loud, showy way to attract notice.