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Flaunt

Flaunt

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)

Origin: cf. Dial. G. Flandern to flutter, wave; perh. Akin to E. Flatter, flutter.

to display ostentatiously; to make an impudent show of.


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... on a Composition class paper about beauty and media. I wanted to make a comparison to the animal kingdom. In what species does the female have to flaunt her junk. Something other than the female baboon butt turning red. :oops: Thanks

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