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FLAUNT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of displaying something ostentatiously
Example:
his behavior was an outrageous flaunt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("flaunt" is a kind of...):
display (exhibiting openly in public view)
Derivation:
flaunt (display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously)
flaunty (inclined to flaunt)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they flaunt ... he / she / it flaunts
Past simple: flaunted
Past participle: flaunted
-ing form: flaunting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
Example:
he showed off his new sports car
Synonyms:
flash; flaunt; ostentate; show off; swank
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "flaunt" is one way to...):
display; exhibit; expose (to show, make visible or apparent)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "flaunt"):
flex (exhibit the strength of)
splurge (be showy or ostentatious)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
flaunt (the act of displaying something ostentatiously)
