Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)Anything displayed for show.

More definitions
  • the act of displaying something ostentatiously

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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  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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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”).

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Forms

plural: flaunts
Singularflaunt
Pluralflaunts

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedflaunty

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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