flaunt

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /flɔːnt/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /flɔnt/ (General American, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /flɑnt/ Rhymes: -ɔːnt === Etymology 1 === Of North Germanic origin. Perhaps related to Norwegian flanta (“to show off, wander about”), Icelandic flana (“to rush about, act rashly or heedlessly”) and then also to French flâner (“to wander around, loiter”). Alternatively, it could be related to Swedish flankt (“loosely, flutteringly”) (compare English flaunt-a-flaunt), from flanka (“waver, hang and wave about, ramble”), a nasalised variant of flakka (“to waver”), related to Middle English flacken (“to move to and fro, flutter, palpitate”). See flack. ==== Alternative forms ==== flant (obsolete) ==== 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. (transitive) To parade, display with ostentation. (intransitive, archaic or literary) To show off, as with flashy clothing. Synonyms: ostentate, preen, swagger; see also Thesaurus:show off ===== Usage notes ===== Not to be confused with flout. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== flaunt (plural flaunts) (obsolete) Anything displayed for show. === Etymology 2 === By confusion with flout. ==== Verb ==== flaunt (third-person singular simple present flaunts, present participle flaunting, simple past and past participle flaunted) (proscribed) To flout.