flourish (noun)
1: a showy gesture; "she entered with a great flourish"
2: an ornamental embellishment in writing
3: a display of ornamental speech or language
4: the act of waving [syn: brandish]
5: (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare" [syn: fanfare, tucket]
flourish
(verb)
1: grow stronger; "The economy was booming" [syn: boom, prosper, thrive, get ahead, expand]
2: gain in wealth [syn: thrive, prosper, fly high]
3: move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun" [syn: brandish, wave]