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[ flurt ] / flɜrt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR flirt ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used without object)to court triflingly or act amorously without serious intentions; play at love; coquet. to trifle or toy, as with an idea: She flirted with the notion of buying a sports car. to move with a jerk or jerks; dart about: butterflies flirting from flower to flower. verb (used with object)to give a sudden or brisk motion to; wave smartly, as a fan. to throw or propel with a toss or jerk; fling suddenly. nounAlso flirter. a person who is given to flirting. a quick throw or toss; sudden jerk or darting motion. Origin of flirt1540–50; expressive word; compare similar initial cluster in flap, flick1, flip1, and final elements of squirt, spurt, etc. SYNONYMS FOR flirt1 tease. 1, 2 dally. 6 minx, coquette, tease. SEE SYNONYMS FOR flirt ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM flirtflirt·ing·ly, adverbflirt·y, adjective, flirt·i·er, flirt·i·estWords nearby flirtflippy, flip side, flip through, Flip-Top, flip-up, flirt, flirtable, flirtation, flirtatious, flirty, flit Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for flirtThe girls were so blasé about the men who came in to flirt with them—I mean genuinely blasé. Barbara Hulanicki, Queen of Fast Fashion|Lizzie Crocker|October 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST So too the many variations on its theme, each fueled by our limitless urge to flirt. Patient’s STD Diagnosis Posted on Facebook|Kent Sepkowitz|June 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST “You look like Dave Pirner,” she said to him, meaning the remark to sound like a small insult, but also a flirt. The Moment Kurt Cobain Met Courtney Love|Charles R. Cross|April 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST Kurt responded with a flirt of his own: He grabbed Courtney and wrestled her to the ground. The Moment Kurt Cobain Met Courtney Love|Charles R. Cross|April 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She was also a buxom beauty, a kind of nineteenth century bombshell who loved to flirt. Lincoln in Love|Jerome Charyn|February 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST That horrid de Fresnoy woman is trying to flirt with you, Parsnips. She was young, good-looking, and men were inclined to flirt with her, or rather to attempt it. Jennie Gerhardt|Theodore Dreiser The ladies betake themselves to the lobbies to flirt, fan, and refresh themselves with ice 'sorbetes.' The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba|Walter Goodman Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepp'd a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886|Ministry of Education I'll take care not to flirt with him, and I wouldn't like him to think me not nice. Some Everyday Folk and Dawn|Miles Franklin
British Dictionary definitions for flirt
verb(intr) to behave or act amorously without emotional commitment; toy or play with another's affections; dally (intr usually foll by with) to deal playfully or carelessly (with something dangerous or serious); triflethe motorcyclist flirted with death (intr usually foll by with) to think casually (about); toy (with)to flirt with the idea of leaving (intr) to move jerkily; dart; flit (tr) to subject to a sudden swift motion; flick or toss nouna person who acts flirtatiously Derived forms of flirtflirter, nounflirty, adjectiveflirtingly, adverbWord Origin for flirtC16: of uncertain origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to flirttease, vixen, siren, wanton, philanderer, coquette, player, operator, wolf, seducer, vamp, cruiser, trifler, swinger, heartbreaker, fool, coquet, disport, banter, ogle |