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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously;
- Example: "he showed off his new sports car"
[syn: flaunt, flash, show off, ostentate, swank]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ostentate \Os"ten*tate\, v. t. [L. ostentatus, p. p. of ostentare, v. intens. fr. ostendere. See Ostent.] To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly. [R.] --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ostentate v 1: display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he showed off his new sports car" [syn: flaunt, flash, show off, ostentate, swank]