Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Inclined to flaunt; ostentatious.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Ostentatious; vulgarly or offensively showy; gaudy. Also
flaunting . - Capricious; unsteady; eccentric.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective inclined to flaunt
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Examples
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He realizes that may sound a bit flaunty, so he immediately says, This is number one of 162.
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A family passed, decked out in their Whitsun flaunty.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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A family passed, decked out in their Whitsun flaunty.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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He realizes that may sound a bit flaunty, so he immediately says, This is number one of 162.
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Her bold look, denuded bosom, and flaunty air, were sufficient to impress at once our heroine with an unfavourable opinion of her; and after she had retired with Rosse she expressed her dislike to him, and enquired whether she was not right in her conjectures.
Three Weeks in the Downs, or Conjugal Fidelity Rewarded: exemplified in the Narrative of Helen and Edmund Anonymous 1829
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"Now, you know, Terence, if you haven't forgot -- and if you have, I'll just remind you -- that there's a flaunty sort of young woman at the poteen shop there, who calls herself Mrs O'Rourke, wife to a corporal
Peter Simple Frederick Marryat 1820
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"Now you know, Terence, if you haven't forgot -- and if you have, I'll just remind you -- that there's a flaunty sort of young woman at the poteen shop there, who calls herself Mrs O'Rourke, wife to a Corporal
Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 Frederick Marryat 1820
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