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Flirt
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- 1 Flirtatious. not-comparable
"He had “large dark blue eyes, wide open, very coquet, very flirt in the way he looked at you.”"
- 1 A subvariant of the Omicron variant, scientifically known as KP.2 and KP.1.1.
- 1 A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion
"several little flirts and vibrations"
- 2 playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest wordnet
- 3 Someone who flirts a lot or enjoys flirting; a flirtatious person.
"'Oooh, don't.' Lilly staggered behind the counter. 'Hangover from hell. We had a good time, I think. He's such a flirt though. He really fancied Midnight. Was sooo gutted that she was actually a straight man. Think it almost turned him celibate.'"
- 4 a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men wordnet
- 5 An act of flirting.
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- 6 A tentative or brief, passing engagement with something.
"However, after a brief flirt with socialist realism , this method was abandoned and strict controls were removed after 1948. By the early 1950s, writers had earned the right to use any method and to experiment."
- 7 A brief shower (of rain or snow). dialectal
"In the course of the month, there were three flirts of snow, […]"
- 8 Russula vesca, an edible woodland mushroom. with-definite-article
- 1 To throw (something) with a jerk or sudden movement; to fling. transitive
"They flirt water in each other's faces."
- 2 talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions wordnet
- 3 To jeer at; to mock. archaic, intransitive
"I am ashamed; I am scorned; I am flirted."
- 4 behave carelessly or indifferently wordnet
- 5 To dart about; to move with quick, jerky motions. intransitive
"Her skirt flirted around her knees like a flower petal."
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- 6 To blurt out. transitive
"Chatterer flirted his tale in the saucy way he has, and his eyes twinkled."
- 7 To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way. intransitive
"Of course, the young people flirted, for that diversion is apparently irradicable even in the "best society"."
- 8 To experiment, or tentatively engage, with; to become involved in passing with. intransitive
"I've thrown away my reputation, self-respect, money, health and happiness through the use of drugs and alcohol; I can teach her how fragile a reputation is, how a fool and their money are soon parted, and how dangerous it is to flirt with drugs."
Etymology
1553, from the merger of Early Modern English flirt (“to flick”), flurt (“to mock, jibe, scorn”), and flirt, flurt (“a giddy girl”). Of obscure origin and relation. Apparently related to similar words in Germanic, all of apparently onomatopoeic origin, compare Low German flirt (“a flick of the fingers, a light blow”), Low German flirtje (“a giddy girl”), Low German flirtje (“a flirt”), German Flittchen (“a flirt; tart; hussy”), Norwegian flira (“to giggle, titter”). Compare also Early Modern English jillflirt, gillian flirt, and flirt-gill (“a flirt”), and Scots flird (“a trifling", also, "to jibe, jeer at, talk idly, flirt, flaunt”), which is perhaps from Middle English flerd (“mockery, fraud, deception”), from Old English fleard (“nonsense, vanity, folly, deception”); potentially related to Icelandic flærð (“trickiness, deceit”), Swedish flärd (“vanity, frivolity, flamboyance”), Dutch flard (“tatter, shred”). See flird.
1553, from the merger of Early Modern English flirt (“to flick”), flurt (“to mock, jibe, scorn”), and flirt, flurt (“a giddy girl”). Of obscure origin and relation. Apparently related to similar words in Germanic, all of apparently onomatopoeic origin, compare Low German flirt (“a flick of the fingers, a light blow”), Low German flirtje (“a giddy girl”), Low German flirtje (“a flirt”), German Flittchen (“a flirt; tart; hussy”), Norwegian flira (“to giggle, titter”). Compare also Early Modern English jillflirt, gillian flirt, and flirt-gill (“a flirt”), and Scots flird (“a trifling", also, "to jibe, jeer at, talk idly, flirt, flaunt”), which is perhaps from Middle English flerd (“mockery, fraud, deception”), from Old English fleard (“nonsense, vanity, folly, deception”); potentially related to Icelandic flærð (“trickiness, deceit”), Swedish flärd (“vanity, frivolity, flamboyance”), Dutch flard (“tatter, shred”). See flird.
1553, from the merger of Early Modern English flirt (“to flick”), flurt (“to mock, jibe, scorn”), and flirt, flurt (“a giddy girl”). Of obscure origin and relation. Apparently related to similar words in Germanic, all of apparently onomatopoeic origin, compare Low German flirt (“a flick of the fingers, a light blow”), Low German flirtje (“a giddy girl”), Low German flirtje (“a flirt”), German Flittchen (“a flirt; tart; hussy”), Norwegian flira (“to giggle, titter”). Compare also Early Modern English jillflirt, gillian flirt, and flirt-gill (“a flirt”), and Scots flird (“a trifling", also, "to jibe, jeer at, talk idly, flirt, flaunt”), which is perhaps from Middle English flerd (“mockery, fraud, deception”), from Old English fleard (“nonsense, vanity, folly, deception”); potentially related to Icelandic flærð (“trickiness, deceit”), Swedish flärd (“vanity, frivolity, flamboyance”), Dutch flard (“tatter, shred”). See flird.
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