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Meanings of flaunt in English

Portuguese
empavonar-se
Catalan
gallejar
Spanish
presumir

To display or act proudly, ostentatiously or pretentiously.

empavonar-se
Usage of flaunt in English
1
Her actual dire intention was nothing to flaunt in the public gaze.
The Wrong Twin
2
But yesterday they had a rare opportunity to flaunt their wares again.
The Irish Times
3
Her vanity led her to flaunt her gaudy hat in the hut.
The Confessions of a Beachcomber
4
Lohan wasn't the only celebrity to flaunt economic insights on social media.
Reuters
5
The crapulous leisured classes of Peking openly flaunt the worst of vices.
New Forces in Old China: An Inevitable Awakening
6
Flags flaunt from the flag-staffs, and the play-ground is guarded by guidons.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
7
There's something in Irish culture that makes us reluctant to flaunt wealth.
Independent.ie
8
Will there be some retailers out there who try and flaunt that?
Radio NZ
9
Both flaunt the bloom of perfect health and make the doctor shy.
The Rosary
10
We do sometimes carry the flag too high and flaunt it offensively.'
Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet / ...
11
Now why do you flaunt your power against us in the mountains?
The Makers and Teachers of Judaism / From the Fall of Jerusalem ...
12
Why don't the Irish flaunt their language, like Basques and Catalans do?
The Irish Times
13
It was all the more believable because she did not flaunt it.
The Mammoth Hunters
14
Voluptuous beefsteak tomatoes, luscious yellow squash, and fleshy musk-melons flaunt their charms.
The new yorker
15
Ungrateful girl, did I breed you to flaunt me to my face?
Montezuma's Daughter
16
Why-where no eyes see them-shouldparti-coloured algae flaunt such graceful, flawless plumes?
My Tropic Isle
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Translations for flaunt
Spanish
presumir
Flaunt through the time
Flaunt across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common