Flaunt
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of displaying something ostentatiously
"His behavior was an outrageous flaunt"
verb
(2) Display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
"He showed off his new sports car"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
Uncertain, possibly an alteration of or . Originally intransitive.
Verb
- To parade, display with ostentation.
- She's always flaunting her designer clothes.
- To show off with flashy clothing.
- 1856, Dinah Craik, John Halifax Chapter VI,
- [T]he younger belles had begun to flaunt in the French fashions of flimsy muslins, shortwaisted— narrow-skirted.
- 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew Chapter XXV,
- … and Mrs. Wix seemed to flaunt there in her finery.
- 1856, Dinah Craik, John Halifax Chapter VI,