transitive verb. To wave or flourish (something, often a weapon) in a menacing, defiant, or excited way. synonym: flourish.

noun. A menacing, defiant, or excited wave or flourish of something.

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.

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

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

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

transitive verb. To play with; to flourish.

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

verb. To bear something with ostentatious show.

noun. The act of flourishing or waving.

verb. move or swing back and forth

noun. the act of waving

verb. 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."

display  exhibit  expose  wafture  wave  

Standish  outlandish  standish  

000-volt  colourable  curatorial  dart-firing  dead-on  

advertise  affect  air  betoken  blazon forth  

brandished  brandishes  brandishing