brandish - exhibit aggressively; display, exhibit, expose - to show, make visible or apparent
In case it isn't clear, the act of peaceably and lawfully carrying a sidearm in a holster is not, by any stretch of even the fevered leftist imagination of Chrissy Matthews, "brandishing."
- Main Entry: 1bran·dish
- Pronunciation: \ˈbran-dish\
- Function: transitive verb
- Etymology: Middle English braundisshen, from Anglo-French brandiss-, stem of brandir, from brant, braund sword, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English brand
- Date: 14th century
1 : to shake or wave (as a weapon) menacingly
2 : to exhibit in an ostentatious or aggressive mannersynonyms see swing