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- Dictionaryflout/flaʊt/
verb
- 1. openly disregard (a rule, law, or convention): "the advertising code is being flouted"
- 2. mock; scoff: archaic "the women pointed and flouted at her"
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to intentionally disobey a rule or law, or to intentionally avoid behavior that is usual or expected: They think they can flout the law and get away with it. He conducted business in his pajamas to flout convention. (Definition of flout from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
The meaning of FLOUT is to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn. How to use flout in a sentence. Did you know? Flaunt vs. Flout: Usage Guide Synonym Discussion of Flout.
If you flout something such as a law, an order, or an accepted way of behaving, you deliberately do not obey it or follow it.
Flout definition: to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock. See examples of FLOUT used in a sentence.
to intentionally disobey a rule or law, or to intentionally avoid behavior that is usual or expected: They think they can flout the law and get away with it. He conducted business in his pajamas to flout convention. (Definition of flout from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Definition of flout verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. To ignore or disregard (a rule or convention, for example) in an open or defiant way: flout a law; behavior that flouted convention. See Usage Note at flaunt. 2. Archaic To express contempt for; mock or jeer at. [Perhaps from Middle English flouten, to play the flute, from Old French flauter, from flaute, flute; see flute.] flout′er n.
