Flaunt

Definition: Flaunt

Flaunt

Noun

1. The act of displaying something ostentatiously; "his behavior was an outrageous flaunt".

Verb

1. Display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "flaunt" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1819. (references)

Synonyms: Flaunt

Ostentation

Cry up; (praise); proner, flaunt, emblazon, prink, set off, mount, have framed and glazed.

Repute

Live, flourish, glitter, flaunt, gain honor, acquire honor; Noun: play first fiddle; (be of importance), bear the palm, bear the bell; lead the way; take precedence, take the wall of; gain laurels, win laurels, gain spurs, gain golden opinions; (approbation); take one's degree, pass one's examination.

Crosswords: Flaunt

I've come to the conclusion that if you've got it, then you must flaunt it (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay)

That's it, baby, when you've got it, flaunt it, flaunt it (The Producers; writing credit: Mel Brooks)

Flaunt it (I WANNA HAVE SOME FUN; performing artist: Samantha Fox)

She's the kind they'd like to flaunt and take to dinner (She's a Lady; performing artist: Tom Jones)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Periodicals

• Flaunt (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Music

• Flaunt It (reference)

• Flaunt It [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference)

• Let's Flaunt It! (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Albanian

valëvitem, lë pas dore (neglect), kapardisem (bloat, bluster, strut, swagger). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تفاخر (blow, boast, boastfulness, brag, ostentation, plume, rodomontade, shoot a line, show, show off, splurge, swell, vaporize), ‏تماوج, ‏تطوس, ‏تباهى كالطاووس, ‏تبرج (grooming, overdress, paint, print, spruce oneself, toilet), ‏عرض متباهيا, ‏إزدهى. (various references)

Bulgarian 

вея (blow, fan, flirt, puff, winnow), важнича (blow up, lord it, queen it, swell with importance), отнасям се презрително, пренебрегвам (disregard, flout, ignore, laugh at, lay aside, neglect, overlook, overpass, pass over, pass up, pretermit, put by, shrug off, sink, sit on, slight, wave aside, wave away), показвам се (parade, peep, peer, show), излагам на показ (parade). (various references)

Chinese 

誇耀 (proudly), 標榜 (advertise, boost, excessively praise, parade), � �榜 (Flaunted, Flaunting). (various references)

Czech

vytahovat se (swank), předvádìt se, chlubit se (boast, plume, pride oneself, show off, vaunt). (various references)

French

faire étalage, s'exhiber, s'afficher, s'étaler, montrer la beauté, jeter la féminité, étaler sa toilette, étaler. (various references)

German

zur schau stellen (parade), protzen mit, paradieren (display, parade, prance, to flaunt). (various references)

Greek 

κυματίζω περήφανα, καμαρώνω, κομπάζω (bluster, brag, rant, rodomontade, swagger, vaunt), κομπορημονώ, επιδεικνύω (demonstrate, display, exhibit, show off, sport), επιδεικνύομαι (sport). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"ת�"�"ר (boast, pomp), ל�"צי�' ברברב� ות. (various references)

Hungarian

lobogtatás (flourish, flutter), lengetés (flourish, flutter, oscillation, wave), fitogtatás (display, ostentation, parade, show-off). (various references)

Indonesian

memperagakan (expose), berkibar (aflutter, wave). (various references)

Italian

sbandierare (show off, wave), ostentare (display, feign, make a show of, show off). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

見せびらかす (to flaunt, to show off). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

みせびらかす (to flaunt, to show off). (various references)

Manx

jannoo mooar jeh (cherish, fuss, lionize). (various references)

Pig Latin

auntflay.(various references)

Portuguese

pompa (eclat, grandeur, grandiosity, inflation, magnificence, pageantry, pomp, pride, shew, show, showiness, splender, splendor, splendour, trappings), pavonear, ostentar (dash, display, flare, parade, unfold), ostentação (array, blazon, boast, bravery, display, flare, gewgaw, luxury, ostentation, pageantry, parade, pomp, shew, show, showiness, splender, swank, vaunt), ondular (coif, corrugate, crimp, crinkle, curl, dimple, frizz, poise, popple, ripple, splatter, undulate, wave), exibir (blazon, bring out, create, display, exhibit, expose, feature, hold up, keep up, parade, produce, put out, set out), alarde (boasting, ostentation, shew, show, splurge, vaunt). (various references)

Romanian

flutura (brandish, flit, float, flourish, flow, flutter, fly, quiver, swing, wave, whisk about), face paradã de (display, do smth. for show, make a show of smth., parade), fâlfâi falnic, se împãuna. (various references)

Russian 

рисоваться (cut a dash), гордо развеваться, важничать (act the lord, give oneself airs, talk big), афиширует. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

razmetati se (brag, strut, vaunt), paradirati (display, parade). (various references)

Spanish

ostentar (display, hold), ostentación (blazon, boastfulness, display, flashiness, ostentation, pretence, pretense, show, showiness), luz (daylight, elimination, glow, kill-devil, light), lucir (affect, display, illuminate, light up, shine, sport, vaunt), hacer gala de (flourish). (various references)

Swedish

stoltsera (crow, flourish, prance, strut, swagger), pråla (prank, shine). (various references)

Turkish

hava atmak (crow, cut a dash, give oneself airs, make a great display, make a show of, prank, put on airs, put on an act, put on dog, put on side, queen it over, show off, splurge, swagger, swank), gösteriş yapmak (display, make a demonstration, make a great display, make a show of, parade, show off, splurge, sport, swank), azametle dalgalanmak, açıkça karşı gelmek, övünerek göstermek. (various references)

Ukrainian

франтіти, франтівство (dandyism), гордо майоріти. (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự phô trương (airing, ostentation, showiness, show-off, swank, swankiness), sự khoe khoang (ostentation, self-display, show-off, swank, swankiness), sự chưng diện. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "flaunt": flaunted, flaunter, flaunters, flauntier, flauntiest, flaunting, flauntingly, flaunts, flaunty. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Flaunt" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: faunt, flant, flaouna, flaun, flaune, flaurnt, flaut, flauto, flavnt, flont, floun, flount, flounty, flunt. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: fault.

-2 letters: aunt, faun, flan, flat, luna, lunt, tufa, tuna, ulan, ulna.

-3 letters: aft, alt, ant, fan, fat, flu, fun, lat, nut, tan, tau, tun, uta.

-4 letters: al, an, at, fa, la, na, nu, ta, un, ut.

+1 letter: antiflu, flaunts, flaunty, tankful.

+2 letters: affluent, faulting, flaunted, flaunter, outflank, tankfuls, thankful, trainful, unartful, vauntful.

+3 letters: affluents, flatulent, flaunters, flauntier, flaunting, fluctuant, fulgurant, fulminant, fulminate, hifalutin, outflanks, plaintful, sulfating, sulfonate, trainfuls, ultrafine, untactful.

+4 letters: affluently, antifungal, artfulness, defaulting, faultiness, flatulence, flatulency, flauntiest, flocculant, fluorinate, fraudulent, fulminated, fulminates, functional, infibulate, insufflate, latifundia, latifundio, nonfactual, nonfaculty, outfabling, outflanked, sufflating, sulfonated, sulfonates, thankfully, unaffluent, unfaithful, ungrateful, unifoliate, uninflated.