• BRAN-dish • verb
1 : to shake or wave (as a weapon) menacingly
2 : to exhibit in an ostentatious or aggressive manner
[Ro] a învârti (sabia, etc.), a flutura (sabia, etc.), a roti (sabia, etc.)
Exemplu în context:
Protestors showed up on the steps of City Hall, brandishing a petition signed by 500 people demanding that the city not close the public skate park.
Protestatari au aparut pe treptele primăriei, fluturând cu o petiţie semnată de 500 de persoane solicitând ca oraşul să nu închidă patinuarul public.
Most of the time when we encounter the word brandish in print, it is followed by a word for a weapon, such as knife or handgun. The word derives via Middle English braundisshen from brant, braund, the Anglo-French word for sword. Nowadays you can brandish things other than weapons, however. The figurative usage of brandish rose alongside its literal usage in the 14th century. When you brandish something that isn’t a weapon (such as a sign), you are in effect waving it in someone’s face so that it cannot be overlooked.
