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v. To wave or flourish (a weapon, for example) menacingly.

v. To display ostentatiously. See Synonyms at flourish.

n. A menacing or defiant wave or flourish.

v. To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.

v. To bear something with ostentatious show.

n. The act of flourishing or waving.

v. To move or wave, as a weapon; to raise and move in various directions; to shake or flourish.

v. To play with; to flourish.

n. A flourish, as with a weapon, whip, etc.

To move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions; shake or flourish about: as, to brandish a sword or a cane.

Figuratively, to play with; flourish: as, “to brandish syllogisms,”

To move with a flourish; toss.

n. A shake or flourish, as of a weapon.

v. move or swing back and forth

n. the act of waving

v. exhibit aggressively

"In a deadly error of judgement, Dziekanski grabbed a stapler (which, in another lapse of police procedure, was not recovered from the scene) and held it up to his chest -- he didn't "brandish" it or "wave" it -- in what could well have been an instinctive defensive move."

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