flaunt Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of displaying something ostentatiously
    • his behavior was an outrageous flaunt
  2. verb display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
    swank; flash; show off; ostentate.
    • he showed off his new sports car

WordNet

Flaunt intransitive verb
Etymology
Cf. dial. G. flandern to flutter, wave; perh. akin to E. flatter, flutter.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Flaunted; present participle & verbal noun Flaunting
Definitions
  1. 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.
Flaunt transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To display ostentatiously; to make an impudent show of.
Flaunt noun
Definitions
  1. Anything displayed for show. Obs.
    In these my borrowed flaunts. Shak.

Webster 1913