/ flaʊt; NAmE / verb
[ vn ] to show that you have no respect for a law, etc. by openly not obeying it
SYN defy :
Motorists regularly flout the law .
to flout authority / convention
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 16th cent.: perhaps from Dutch fluiten whistle, play the flute, hiss (in derision); German dialect pfeifen auf , literally pipe at, has a similar extended meaning.