flaunt

US: /ˈfɫɔnt/
UK: /flˈɔːnt/


English Vietnamese dictionary


flaunt /flɔ:nt/
  • danh từ
    • sự khoe khoang, sự phô trương, sự chưng diện
    • ngoại động từ
      • khoe khoang, phô trương, chưng diện
        • to flaunt one's new clothes: chưng diện quần áo mới
    • nội động từ
      • bay phất phới (cờ...)

    Advanced English dictionary


    + verb [VN] (disapproving)
    1 to show sth you are proud of to other people, in order to impress them: He did not believe in flaunting his wealth. + She openly flaunted her affair with the senator.
    2 ~ yourself to behave in a confident and sexual way to attract attention
    Idioms: if you've got it, flaunt it (humorous, saying) used to tell sb that they should not be afraid of allowing other people to see their qualities and abilities

    Thesaurus dictionary


    v.
    display, show (off), parade, flourish, exhibit, sport, disport, spotlight:
    They were like all the other nouveaux riches who flaunt their wealth in the stylish continental resorts.

    Collocation dictionary


    ADV.

    deliberately, openly
    openly flaunting their wealth

    PREP.

    in front of
    She flaunted her success in front of the others.


    Concise English dictionary


    flaunts|flaunted|flauntingflɔnt ,flɑnt /flɔːnt
    noun
    +the act of displaying something ostentatiously
    verb
    +display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously