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flourish: (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare"; the act of waving; a display of ornamental speech or language; a showy gesture; "she entered with a great flourish"; an ornamental embellishment in writing

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fanfare collapse

fanfaronade collapse

showing off collapse

outgrow collapse: grow too large or too mature for; "I have outgrown these clothes"; "She outgrew her childish habits"; grow faster than

gasconade collapse

bear fruit collapse

waving collapse

cadenza collapse: a brilliant solo passage occuring near the end of a piece of music

wield collapse: handle effectively; "The burglar wielded an axe"; have and exercise; "wield power and authority"

abound collapse: be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities; be in a state of movement or action; "The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers"

beep collapse: a short high tone produced as a signal or warning; call, summon, or alert with a beeper

prosper collapse

purple passage collapse: a passage full of ornate and flowery language

thrive collapse: gain in wealth

euphuism collapse: an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period; characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration and extended similes with and allusions to nature and mythology; any artificially elegant style of language

germinate collapse: cause to grow or sprout; "the plentiful rain germinated my plants"

adornment collapse: the action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting; a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness

dramatics collapse: participation in theatrical productions as an extracurricular activity

pageantry collapse

overlay collapse: put something on top of something else; "cover the meat with a lot of gravy"

embroidery collapse: decorative needlework

tootle collapse: the sound of casual playing on a musical instrument; "he enjoyed hearing the tootles of their horns as the musicians warmed up"; play (a musical instrument) casually; "the saxophone player was tootling a sad melody"

trot out collapse: bring out and show for inspection and admiration; "His novel trots out a rich heiress"; "always able to trot out some new excuse"

rejoicing collapse: a feeling of great happiness

garnishment collapse: a court order to an employer to withhold all or part of an employee's wages and to send the money to the court or to the person who won a lawsuit against the employee

wear well collapse

taps collapse: (military) signal to turn the lights out

panache collapse: a feathered plume on a helmet

arrive collapse: reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"; succeed in a big way; get to the top; "After he published his book, he had arrived"; "I don't know whether I can make it in science!"; "You will go far, my boy!"

roll out collapse: flatten or spread with a roller; "roll out the paper"; straighten by unrolling; "roll out the big map"

ovation collapse: enthusiastic recognition (especially one accompanied by loud applause)

lagniappe collapse: a small gift (especially one given by a merchant to a customer who makes a purchase)

decor collapse

undulate collapse: having a wavy margin and rippled surface; increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves; "The singer's voice undulated"

luxuriate collapse: thrive profusely or flourish extensively; become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously

adorn collapse

hypertrophy collapse: abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ; undergo hypertrophy; "muscles can hypertrophy when people take steroids"

figure of speech collapse

spring up collapse

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