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flouting

USFLOW-ting/ˈflaʊtɪŋ/AUSFLOWT-ing/ˈflæɔ.tɪŋ/

Noun pluralfloutings

2 meanings of flouting

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle and gerund of flout. Use it after is, are or was, or as the name of the action.

    The driver was flouting the speed limit on a busy school street.

    Flouting the school rules got him a week of detention.

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  2. 2
    nouncountable or uncountable
    The act of openly not obeying a rule or law, without caring about it.

    The flouting of the parking rules made the street impossible to use.

    The coach was tired of the team's many floutings of the curfew.

    Similarviolation, breach, disregard, defiance, contravention

    Oppositeobservance, compliance

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flouting is a form of flout

flout, verb: To show that you do not respect a rule or law by what you say or do. Full entry

Forms
floutflouts he/she/itflouting -ing formflouted past tense, past participle
Spelling
flout → flouting: add -ing

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