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[ verb ] display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously

Examples

"he showed off his new sports car"

Used in print

(Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)

In a_few minutes she was making the ten foot hike unaided ; soon she was parading around the house , flaunting her new skill .

(Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)

He tried defiance and openly flaunted his devotion to his half_sister , but he soon saw , as did she , that this course if persisted_in would involve them in a common ruin .

Related terms

expose splurge flex ostentation

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[ noun ] the act of displaying something ostentatiously

Synonyms

flaunting

Examples

"his behavior was an outrageous flaunt"

Related terms

display

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