flourish

Noun

• (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
  • he entered to a flourish of trumpets
    
  • her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare
    

• the act of waving

• a display of ornamental speech or language

• an ornamental embellishment in writing

• a showy gesture
  • she entered with a great flourish
    

Verb

• move or swing back and forth
  • She waved her gun
    

• make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
  • The new student is thriving
    

• grow vigorously
  • The deer population in this town is thriving
    
  • business is booming
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  fanfare , tucket , brandish , wave , thrive , prosper , fly high , boom , expand