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Added 9 October 2026

flaunt

/flɔːnt/ verb

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To wave or flutter smartly in the wind.
To parade, display with ostentation.
She’s always flaunting her designer clothes.
To show off, as with flashy clothing.

noun

Anything displayed for show.

verb

To flout.

Origin

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.

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