FLAUNT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

Present simple: I / you / we / they flaunt ... he / she / it flaunts

Past simple: flaunted

Past participle: flaunted

-ing form: flaunting

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)