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UK
/flˈɔːnt/
]
[ US /ˈfɫɔnt/ ]
[ US /ˈfɫɔnt/ ]
VERB
-
display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
he showed off his new sports car
NOUN
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the act of displaying something ostentatiously
his behavior was an outrageous flaunt
How To Use flaunt In A Sentence
- Even though these involved rich Mexicans, it can happen at any time to extranjeros flaunting their wealth in a povert stricken town in a 3rd world country. San Miguel crime spree?
- You don't flaunt your wealth in a courtroom. Times, Sunday Times
- Does it matter if they have always been extremely thin and kind of flaunted it? I can't have ya'all thinking I'm such a nice person
- For a man so vain about his face, why is he content to flaunt his wrinkly torso and pot belly? The Sun
- It's considered gauche to flaunt your wealth. Times, Sunday Times
- Many respectable scholars flirt with this stage, and some seem to delight in flaunting their embrace of it; their more staid colleagues are usually indulgent. Did you know that Jews control the Washington Post? [Bumped.] - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
- Smart lads, they hadn't flaunted the loot, bragged about the heist, or written a rap song memorializing the event.
- Look at those hollyhocks, like pyramids of roses; those garlands of the convolvulus major of all colours, hanging around that tall pole, like the wreathy hop-bine; those magnificent dusky cloves, breathing of the Spice Islands; those flaunting double dahlias; those splendid scarlet geraniums, and those fierce and warlike flowers the tiger-lilies. Our Village
- Luxury consumption is always connected with motivation of flaunt.
- Electric lighting was such a powerful symbol of progress that early lighting fixtures proudly flaunted bare bulbs so that no one would dare mistake them for gaslights.