Meaning

4 senses

  1. (transitive)To parade, display with ostentation.

    Near-synonym: vaunt

    She’s always flaunting her designer clothes.

    (etwas) zur Schau stellen, herumstolzieren, stolzieren

    выставля́ть напока́зvystavljátʹ napokáz, афиши́роватьafišírovatʹ

    хизува́тисяxyzuvátysja, кокетува́тиkoketuváty

  2. (proscribed)To flout.

  3. (archaic, intransitive)To wave or flutter smartly in the wind.

    kühn wehen, stolz wehen

    колыхатьсяkolyxatʹsja

  4. (archaic, intransitive, literary)To show off, as with flashy clothing.

    mit prunken (etwas), protzen, prangen

    щеголя́тьščegoljátʹ, дефили́роватьdefilírovatʹ

More definitions
  • display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously

Examples

19 sentences

  1. Tom doesn't flaunt his wealth.

    ruТом не выставляет напоказ своё богатство.

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  2. I've never flaunted my sexual orientation.

    deIch habe meine sexuelle Orientierung nie an die große Glocke gehängt.

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  3. He flaunts his wealth too much.

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  4. Yanni is rich and enjoys flaunting it.

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  5. Sami flaunted his infidelity out in the open.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to parade, display with ostentation:
Русский
By meaning 3
to wave or flutter smartly:
to parade, display with ostentation:
to show off:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to wave or flutter smartly:
to parade, display with ostentation:
to show off:

Origin

Of North Germanic origin. Perhaps related to Norwegian flanta (“to show off, wander about”

Of North Germanic origin. Perhaps related to Norwegian flanta (“to show off, wander about”), Icelandic flana (“to rush about, act rashly or heedlessly”) and then also to French flâner (“to wander around, loiter”).

By confusion with flout.

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Forms

flaunts, flaunting, flaunted, flaunted
Base formflaunt · to flaunt
3rd person singularflaunts
Present participleflaunting
Past simpleflaunted
Past participleflaunted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyflaunt
he, she, itflaunts

Past simpleLesson

all personsflaunted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave flaunted
he, she, ithas flaunted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill flaunt

Synonyms

32 synonyms
galleryA2vauntostentatepreenswaggeraura farmboulevardiercut a wide swathcut it fatcut roundexhibitionizefigure awayflamboastflex
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words
Derivedaflauntflaunterflauntyunflaunted

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
flatterC1flatteryC1flatulenceflatwormflautistflavorB1flavorful
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