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:

Examples

19 sentences

  1. Tom doesn't flaunt his wealth.

    ruТом не выставляет напоказ своё богатство. — Wezel

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  2. I've never flaunted my sexual orientation.

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

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  3. He flaunts his wealth too much.

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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

    display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously

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

    kühn wehen, stolz wehen

    колыхатьсяkolyxatʹsja

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

    mit prunken (etwas), protzen, prangen

    щеголя́тьščegoljátʹ, дефили́роватьdefilírovatʹ

  4. (proscribed)To flout.

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

regular · Lesson

Base formflaunt · to flaunt
3rd person singularflaunts
Present participleflaunting
Past simpleflaunted
Past participleflaunted

Tenses

flaunt · flaunted · will flaunt · have flaunted

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Present simpleLesson

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

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill flaunt

Past simpleLesson

all personsflaunted

Synonyms

31 synonyms
To parade, display with ostentation:vaunt
(archaic)To show off, as with flashy clothing:galleryA2ostentatepreenswaggeraura farmboulevardiercut a wide swathcut it fatcut roundexhibitionizefigure awayflamboastflexfloss
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words
Derivedaflauntflaunterflauntyunflaunted

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
flatterC1flatteryC1flatulenceflatwormflautistflavorB1flavorful

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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