Definitions for brandish

brandish bran·dish

Spelling: [bran-dish]
IPA: /ˈbræn dɪʃ/

Brandish is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 361 anagrams from letters in brandish (abdhinrs).

Definitions for brandish

noun

  1. a flourish or waving, as of a weapon.

verb (used with object)

  1. to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish:

Origin of brandish

1275-1325; Middle English bra(u)ndisshen Anglo-French, Middle French brandiss- (long stem of brandir, derivative of brand sword brand, -ish2

Examples for brandish

This the ape at once laid hold of, and began to brandish like a hammer.

Those who do nothing to end the slaughter are as complicit as those who brandish their weapons.

Why brandish in that hand of thine a javelin of pointed steel?

What is your stick good for that you brandish it so proudly?

Both Cameron and Sarkozy will now brandish their cojones, claiming to have had “a good war.”

It does not give you license to brandish a gun and wave it around.

I began to shout and to brandish my arms in a terrible manner.

As with his Harvard degree, Obama did not hesitate to brandish his pretty white wife with the Boston accent.

Fricker had his lesson to give and his scourge to brandish too.

No, he could not brandish it, he could not so much as even lift it.

Word Value for brandish
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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