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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

advertise, affect, air, betoken, blazon forth, boast, brag, brandish, breathe, bring forth, bring forward, bring into view, bring out, bring to notice, broadcast, dangle, declare, demonstrate, develop, disclose, discover, display, disport, divulge, dramatize, emblazon, embody, enact, evidence, evince, exhibit, expose, expose to view, express, flap, flash, float, flourish, flutter, fly, gasconade, give sign, give token, highlight, hold up, illuminate, incarnate, indicate, make clear, make plain, manifest, materialize, mean, parade, perform, present, proclaim, produce, publish, put forth, put forward, represent, reveal, roll out, set forth, shake, show, show forth, show off, sport, spotlight, swing, token, trot out, trumpet, trumpet forth, undulate, unfold, vaunt, wag, wave, wield, wigwag

Dictionary Results for flaunt:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

flaunt
    n 1: the act of displaying something ostentatiously; "his
         behavior was an outrageous flaunt"
    v 1: display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he
         showed off his new sports car" [syn: flaunt, flash,
         show off, ostentate, swank]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Flaunt \Flaunt\ (fl[aum]nt or fl[add]nt; 277), v. i. [imp. & p.
   p. Flaunted; p. pr. & vb. n.. Flaunting.] [Cf. dial. G.
   flandern to flutter, wave; perh. akin to E. flatter,
   flutter.]
   To throw or spread out; to flutter; to move ostentatiously;
   as, a flaunting show.
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         You flaunt about the streets in your new gilt chariot.
                                                  --Arbuthnot.
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         One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade. --Pope.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Flaunt \Flaunt\, v. t.
   To display ostentatiously; to make an impudent show of. "If
   you've got it, flaunt it."
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Flaunt \Flaunt\, n.
   Anything displayed for show. [Obs.]
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         In these my borrowed flaunts.            --Shak.
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