brandishing

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of brandish

noun

  1. The action of the verb to brandish.
    He stands there and launches into a tauparapara or traditional chant, accompanied by vigorous actions and defiant brandishings of his stick. 1989, Richard Bauman, Joel Sherzer, Explorations in the Ethnography of Speaking, page 195

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