Brandish
['brændɪʃ]
Definition
(verb.) move or swing back and forth; 'She waved her gun'.
(verb.) exhibit aggressively; 'brandish a sword'.
Checked by Bianca--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) To move or wave, as a weapon; to raise and move in various directions; to shake or flourish.
(n.) To play with; to flourish; as, to brandish syllogisms.
(n.) A flourish, as with a weapon, whip, etc.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Flourish, wave.
Editor: Xenia
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Flourish, fence, agitate, wield, whisk, shake, wave
ANT:Stay, arrest, suspend
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Definition
v.t. to wave or flourish as a brand or weapon.—n. a waving or flourish.
Edited by Adela
Examples
- I have seen this whole body of horse, upon a word of command, draw their swords at once, and brandish them in the air. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Since they try to frighten wild animals or their enemies by shrieks, beating of gongs, brandishing of weapons, etc. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Mounting the broad steps, with brandished knife, the Negro made straight for a party of four men sitting at a table sipping the inevitable absinthe. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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