| flaunt | To throw or spread out; to flutter; to move ostentatiously; as, a flaunting show. "You flaunt about the streets in your new gilt chariot." (Arbuthnot) "One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade." (Pope) Origin: Cf. Dial. G. Flandern to flutter, wave; perh. Akin to E. Flatter, flutter. To display ostentatiously; to make an impudent show of. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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