flaunt
English
Alternative forms
- flant (obsolete)
Etymology
Of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gmq" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. origin, related to Norwegian flanta (“to show off, wander about”), Icelandic flana (“to rush about, act rashly or heedlessly”); or perhaps related to Swedish flankt ("loosely, flutteringly"; compare English flaunt-a-flaunt), from Swedish flanka (“waver, hang and wave about, ramble”), a nasalised variant of Swedish flakka (“to waver”), related to Middle English flacken (“to move to and fro, flutter, palpitate”), see flack.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /flɔːnt/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "some accents" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /flɑːnt/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GenAm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /flɔnt/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "cot-caught" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /flɒnt/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːnt, -ɑːnt
Verb
flaunt (third-person singular simple present flaunts, present participle flaunting, simple past and past participle flaunted)
- (intransitive, archaic) To wave or flutter smartly in the wind.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, 1985, p.26:
- The house came into sight, above the cedar grove beyond whose black interstices an apple orchard flaunted in the sunny afternoon.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, 1985, p.26:
- (transitive) To parade, display with ostentation.
- She's always flaunting her designer clothes.
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- (intransitive, archaic or literary) To show off, as with flashy clothing.
- (Can we date this quote by Arbuthnot and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- You flaunt about the streets in your new gilt chariot.
- (Can we date this quote by Alexander Pope and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade.
- 1856, Dinah Craik, John Halifax Chapter VI,
- [T]he younger belles had begun to flaunt in the French fashions of flimsy muslins, shortwaisted— narrow-skirted.
- 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew Chapter XXV,
- […] and Mrs. Wix seemed to flaunt there in her finery.
- (Can we date this quote by Arbuthnot and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- (proscribed) To flout.
- Wheeler said companies already are flaunting the rules by offering free or sponsored data services for some products. [1]
Usage notes
- Do not confuse with flout.
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Noun
flaunt (plural flaunts)
- (obsolete) Anything displayed for show.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
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