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Definition: FLAUNTING

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. To swagger, boast, swank or vaunt. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To brag or splurge. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To display or parade.[Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Present participle conjugation of the verb flaunt.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(flaunt)
1. Display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously.[Wordnet].
2. To throw or spread out; to flutter; to move ostentatiously; as, a flaunting show.[Websters].
3. To display ostentatiously; to make an impudent show of.[Websters].
4. Base verb from the following inflections: flaunting, flaunted, flaunts, flaunter, flaunters, flauntingly and flauntedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adjective 1. Being flourishing. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. Being flashy, showy, garish, gaudy or tawdry. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Being glittering or sparkling. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Being blatant. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. Being bombastic or pompous. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. Being ornate or flamboyant. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. Being pretentious or ostentatious. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. Being flaming or blazing.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "Flaunting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1634. (references)

Specialty Definition: FLAUNTING

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Verb] Making an ostentatious display.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary 1: [Adjective] That flaunts; showy or gaudy. (references)
  2: [Verb] Present participle of flaunt. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Definition: FLAUNTING

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. To swagger, boast, swank or vaunt. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To brag or splurge. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To display or parade.[Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Present participle conjugation of the verb flaunt.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(flaunt)
1. Display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously.[Wordnet].
2. To throw or spread out; to flutter; to move ostentatiously; as, a flaunting show.[Websters].
3. To display ostentatiously; to make an impudent show of.[Websters].
4. Base verb from the following inflections: flaunting, flaunted, flaunts, flaunter, flaunters, flauntingly and flauntedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adjective1. Being flourishing. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. Being flashy, showy, garish, gaudy or tawdry. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Being glittering or sparkling. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Being blatant. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. Being bombastic or pompous. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. Being ornate or flamboyant. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. Being pretentious or ostentatious. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. Being flaming or blazing.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "FLAUNTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1634. (references)

Specialty Definition: FLAUNTING

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Verb] Making an ostentatious display.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary1: [Adjective] That flaunts; showy or gaudy. (references)
 2: [Verb] Present participle of flaunt. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Topics by Level of Interest: flaunt

Topics sorted by level of InterestLevel (1=low, 600=high)   Topics sorted AlphabeticallyLevel (1=low, 600=high)
Flaunt32   Flaunt32
Flaunt It18   Flaunt (TV channel)10
Flaunt (TV channel)10   Flaunt It18
Flaunt It (song)10   Flaunt It (album)6
Flaunt It (album)6   Flaunt It (song)10

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).