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Meanings of brandish in English

Portuguese
agitar
Catalan
brandejar
Spanish
balancear

Move or swing back and forth.

agitar

The act of waving.

Usage of brandish in English
1
The insurgency thing terrified us and we had to brandish the change.
The Guardian
2
But she had the task force to brandish over the dispatch box.
The Guardian
3
I'm not playing about with men who brandish revolvers all the time.
Five on a treasure island
4
Shrill yells resound on every hand, brown arms brandish flashes of brightness.
The False Chevalier / or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette
5
Why brandish in that hand of thine a javelin of pointed steel?
The $30,000 Bequest, and Other Stories
6
And preferably one with nuclear weapons he'll brandish but never use.
Reuters
7
Vega was known to brandish a knife at anybody who made disobliging remarks.
The Irish Times
8
It's her story, and she'll brandish it how she sees fit.
Wired
9
He began to talk wildly, and to brandish the loaded gun.
Bobby of the Labrador
10
Some groups seem to be dancing as they brandish their knives.
Under Fire: The Story of a Squad
11
Some of them brandish their IDs, as if they were conducting a census.
Say you're one of them
12
He tried to brandish his new weapon, but it was heavier than he'd thought.
The Bone Doll's Twin
13
Mothers fainted, fathers sobbed, the condemned would brandish the Koran.
Reuters
14
There is no need to brandish them in my face.
The Little Warrior
15
The hedges to either side brandish spikes edged with a nacreous rind of blight.
The Fuller Memorandum
16
With that he snatched a good tough oaken cudgel, and began to brandish it.
The History of John Bull
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