flair

noun

1. 1

   A natural or innate talent or aptitude.

   to have a flair for art

   For all his directorial flair, though, Jones may well be best remembered for creating such characters as Arthur “Two Sheds” Jackson, Cardinal Biggles of the Spanish Inquisition, the Scottish poet Ewan McTeagle and the monstrous musician rodent beater in the mouse organ sketch who hits specially tuned mice with mallets.

   The cafard. The cockroach. The French certainly had a flair for labeling their unhappiness. Long ago he had begun to visualize this nagging misery as the insect the word also named.

2. 2

   Distinctive style or elegance.

   to dress with flair

   Each writer offers a unique flair to readers.

   You know what, Stan, if you want me to wear 37 pieces of flair, like your pretty boy over there, Brian, why don't you just make the minimum 37 pieces of flair?

3. 3

   obsoleteSmell; odor.

4. 4

   obsoleteOlfaction; sense of smell.

verb

1. 1

   To add flair.

   Place your thumb on top of the shank and your bent index finger under the hair and pull the tying thread tight to flair it.

Forms

plural

flairs

past tense

flaired

past participle

flaired

present participle

flairing

third person singular

flairs