noun the first part.
2. vaunt ·vt to put forward; to display.
3. vaunt ·vt to boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.
4. vaunt ·noun a vain display of what one is, or has, or has done; ostentation from vanity; a boast; a brag.
5. vaunt ·vi to boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth, attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk ostentatiously; to brag.