brandish

verb brandish

• flash — a precedence code for handling messages about initial enemy contact or operational combat messages of extreme urgency within the U.S. military.
• wield — to exercise (power, authority, influence, etc.), as in ruling or dominating.
• trot out — (of a horse) to go at a gait between a walk and a run, in which the legs move in diagonal pairs, but not quite simultaneously, so that when the movement is slow one foot at least is always on the ground, and when fast all four feet are momentarily off the ground at once.
• disport — to divert or amuse (oneself).
• raise — to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.