flaunt

Meanings

Plural: flaunts

Noun

the act of displaying something ostentatiously
- "his behavior was an outrageous flaunt"
Anything displayed for show.

Verb

display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
To wave or flutter smartly in the wind.
To parade, display with ostentation.
To show off, as with flashy clothing.
To flout.

Origin / Etymology

Of North Germanic origin. Perhaps related to Norwegian flanta (“to show off, wander about”), Icelandic flana (“to rush about, act rashly or heedlessly”) and then also to French flâner (“to wander around, loiter”).
Alternatively, it could be related to Swedish flankt (“loosely, flutteringly”) (compare English flaunt-a-flaunt), from flanka (“waver, hang and wave about, ramble”), a nasalised variant of flakka (“to waver”), related to Middle English flacken (“to move to and fro, flutter, palpitate”). See flack.

Synonyms

flash, ostentate, show off, swank

Scrabble Score: 9

flaunt is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
flaunt is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
flaunt is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

flaunt is a valid Words With Friends word