English-Thai Dictionary

flaunt

N การโอ้อวด  vaunt parade kan-o-uad

 

flaunt

VT โอ้อวด  โม้  คุยโต  show off brandish vaunt hide conceal ao-aud

 

flaunter

N ผู้ ที่ ชอบ โอ้อวด  ผู้ ที่ ชอบ คุยโต  phu-ti-chob-o-uad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FLAUNT

v.i.[I know not whence we have this word. From the root L. bearing the sense of throwing out, or spreading. See Flounce. ] 1. To throw or spread out; to flutter; to display ostentatiously; as a flaunting show.
You flaunt about the streets in your new gilt chariot.
One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade.
[This correctly expresses the author's meaning, which is, that the proud often attempt to make a show and parade of their importance, even in poverty. Johnson's remark on the use of the word seems therefore to be unfounded. ]
2. To carry a pert or saucy appearance.

 

FLAUNT

n.Any thing displayed for show.

 

FLAUNTING

ppr. Making an ostentatious display.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FLAUNT

Flaunt ( or; 277 ), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flaunted; p. pr. & vb. n..Flaunting. ] Etym: [Cf. dial. G. flandern to flutter, wave; perh. akin to E. flatter, flutter. ]

 

Defn: To throw or spread out; to flutter; to move ostentatiously; as, a flaunting show. You flaunt about the streets in your new gilt chariot. Arbuthnot. One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade. Pope.

 

FLAUNT

FLAUNT Flaunt, v. t.

 

Defn: To display ostentatiously; to make an impudent show of.

 

FLAUNT

FLAUNT Flaunt, n.

 

Defn: Anything displayed for show. [Obs. ] In these my borrowed flaunts. Shak.

 

FLAUNTINGLY

FLAUNTINGLY Flaunt "ing *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a flaunting way.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

flaunt

flaunt |flônt, flänt flɔnt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] display (something ) ostentatiously, esp. in order to provoke envy or admiration or to show defiance: newly rich consumers eager to flaunt their prosperity. • (flaunt oneself ) dress or behave in a sexually provocative way. PHRASES if you've got it, flaunt it informal one should make a conspicuous and confident show of one's wealth or attributes rather than be modest about them. DERIVATIVES flaunt er noun, flaunt y adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin. usage: Flaunt and flout may sound similar but they have different meanings. Flaunt means ‘display ostentatiously, ’ as in tourists who liked to flaunt their wealth, while flout means ‘openly disregard (a rule or convention ),’ as in new recruits growing their hair and flouting convention. It is a common error, recorded since around the 1940s, to use flaunt when flout is intended, as in the young woman had been flaunting the rules and regulations.

 

Oxford Dictionary

flaunt

flaunt |flɔːnt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] display (something ) ostentatiously, especially in order to provoke envy or admiration or to show defiance: newly rich consumers eager to flaunt their prosperity. • (flaunt oneself ) dress or behave in a sexually provocative way. DERIVATIVES flaunter noun, flaunty adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin. usage: Flaunt and flout may sound similar but they have different meanings. Flaunt means ‘display ostentatiously ’, as in visitors who liked to flaunt their wealth, while flout means ‘openly disregard a rule or convention ’, as in new recruits growing their hair and flouting convention. It is a common error, recorded since around the 1940s, to use flaunt when flout is intended, as in the young woman had been flaunting the rules and regulations. In the Oxford English Corpus the second and third commonest objects of flaunt, after wealth, are law and rules.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

flaunt

flaunt verb he flaunts his young wife as if she were the prize heifer at the county fair: show off, display ostentatiously, make a (great ) show of, put on show /display, parade; brag about, crow about, vaunt; informal flash. USAGE flaunt, flout Confusion about these terms is so distressingly common that some dictionaries have thrown in the towel and now treat flaunt as a synonym of flout. Flout means “contravene or disregard; treat with contempt. ” Flaunt means “show off or parade something in an ostentatious manner, ” but is often incorrectly used for flout, perhaps because it is misunderstood as a telescoped version of flout and taunt —e.g.: “In Washington, the White House issued a statement that deplored the Nigerian Government's ‘flaunting [read flouting ] of even the most basic international norms and universal standards of human rights.’ ” ( New York Times; Nov. 11, 1995.) Of course, flaunt is more often used correctly —e.g.: “He donates millions to religious and charitable groups, yet flaunts his own wealth. ” ( Fortune; Aug. 18, 1997.) Flout, meanwhile, almost never causes a problem. Here it's correctly used: “A record rider turnout, fueled by the mayor's earlier pledge to end the escort and crack down on cyclists flouting traffic laws, poured into the streets on an improvised route. ” ( San Francisco Examiner; Aug. 3, 1997.) But the rare mistake of misusing flout for flaunt does sometimes occur —e.g.: “Mr. Talton was soon joined by almost two dozen other conservative Republicans who filed en masse into the clerk's office to flout [read flaunt ] their disapproval for their colleague and fellow party member. ” ( Dallas Morning News; May 25, 2000.) One federal appellate judge who misused flaunt for flout in a published opinion —only to be corrected by judges who later quoted him —appealed to Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, which accepts as standard any usage that can be documented with any frequency. The judge then attempted to justify his error and pledged to persist in it. Seeking refuge in a nonprescriptive dictionary, however, merely ignores the all-important distinction between formal contexts, in which strict standards of usage must apply, and informal contexts, in which venial faults of grammar or usage may, if we are lucky, go unnoticed (or unmentioned ).Usage notes show additional guidance on finer points of English usage.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

flaunt

flaunt verb he hated the way the rich flaunted their possessions: show off, display ostentatiously, draw attention to, make a (great ) show of, put on show, put on display, parade, exhibit; flourish, brandish, wave, dangle; exult in, brag about, crow about, vaunt; informal flash. ANTONYMS be modest about, hide. EASILY CONFUSED WORDS flaunt or flout? It is a common error to use flaunt as though it meant the same as flout. Flaunt means ‘display ostentatiously ’, as in tourists flaunting their wealth. Flout, on the other hand, means ‘defy or disobey (a rule )’, as in timber companies are continuing to flout environmental laws. Saying that someone flaunts the rules is an error due to similarity in sound and to the element of ostentation involved in flouting a regulation. These notes clear up confusion between similar-looking pairs.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

flaunt

flaunt /flɔːnt /動詞 他動詞 1 〈富 才能 美など 〉を (これ見よがしに )誇示する, ひけらかす (show off ).2 〈規則など 〉を無視する, 侮 （あなど ）る .自動詞 1 自分を誇示する ; これ見よがしにふるまう .2 〈旗などが 〉風にひらひらと翻 （ひるがえ ）る .fl á unt one s è lf ｟非難して ｠これ見よがしにふるまう .Ì f you've g ó t it, fl á unt it .｟話 おどけて ｠いいものは隠しなさんな .名詞 U C 誇示, 見せびらかし .