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English

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Noun

  1. A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion; hence, a jeer.
  2. One who flirts; esp., a woman who acts with giddiness, or plays at courtship; a coquette; a pert girl.


Translations


Verb

  1. To throw with a jerk or quick effort; to fling suddenly; as, they flirt water in each other's faces; he flirted a glove, or a handkerchief.
  2. To toss or throw about; to move playfully to and fro; as, to flirt a fan.
  3. To jeer at; to treat with contempt; to mock.
  4. To run and dart about; to act with giddiness, or from a desire to attract notice
  5. To play the coquette; to play at courtship; to coquet; as, they flirt with the young men.
  6. To utter contemptuous language, with an air of disdain; to jeer or gibe.


Translations

Adjective

  1. pert; wanton


Related terms


See also


Category:Communication

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English

Noun

one who flirts

Synonyms, related words


see also - Wikisaurus:promiscuous woman

Verb

to play at courtship

Synonyms, related words


See also Wikisaurus:courtship

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Flirt \Flirt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flirted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flirting.] [Cf. AS. fleard trifle, folly, fleardian to
trifle.]
1. To throw with a jerk or quick effort; to fling suddenly;
as, they flirt water in each other's faces; he flirted a
glove, or a handkerchief.
[1913 Webster]

2. To toss or throw about; to move playfully to and fro; as,
to flirt a fan.
[1913 Webster]

3. To jeer at; to treat with contempt; to mock. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

I am ashamed; I am scorned; I am flirted. --Beau. &
Fl.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Flirt \Flirt\, v. i.
1. To run and dart about; to act with giddiness, or from a
desire to attract notice; especially, to play the
coquette; to play at courtship; to coquet; as, they flirt
with the young men.
[1913 Webster]

2. To utter contemptuous language, with an air of disdain; to
jeer or gibe. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Flirt \Flirt\, n.
1. A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion;
hence, a jeer.
[1913 Webster]

Several little flirts and vibrations. --Addison.
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With many a flirt and flutter. --E. A. Poe.
[1913 Webster]

2. [Cf. LG. flirtje, G. flirtchen. See Flirt, v. t.] One
who flirts; esp., a woman who acts with giddiness, or
plays at courtship; a coquette; a pert girl.
[1913 Webster]

Several young flirts about town had a design to cast
us out of the fashionable world. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Flirt \Flirt\, a.
Pert; wanton. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet flirt
n 1: a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
[syn: coquette, vamp, vamper, minx, tease, prickteaser]
2: playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest [syn: flirting,
flirtation, coquetry, dalliance, toying]
v 1: talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The
guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My
husband never flirts with other women" [syn: chat up,
dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander,
mash]
2: behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young
girl's affection" [syn: dally, toy, play]
Moby Dictionary
Circe
, Don Juan , Lorelei , Parthenope , Siren , Sunday painter ,
allure
, amateur , bait , bait the hook , beak , blandish , bob , brush ,
bunt
, cajole , captive , cast coquettish glances , catch , charmer ,
chuck
, coax , conquest , consider , contemplate , coquet , coquette ,
dab
, dabble , dabbler , dallier , dally , date , decoy , dilettante ,
draw
, draw in , draw on , enchanter , enchantress , ensnare , entertain ,
entice
, enticer , eye , femme fatale , fiddle , fiddle with ,
fiddle-faddle
, fidget with , fillip , finger with , flick , flip ,
flirt with
, flounce , fool , fool around , fool with , fribble , frivol ,
gallivant
, give the come-on , gold digger , gold-dig , graze , hitch ,
honey
, horse around , hussy , idle , inveigle , inveigler , jerk ,
jerk off
, jig , jigger , jigget , jiggle , jog , joggle , kid around ,
lady-killer
, lead on , loiter , look sweet upon , lounge lizard , lure ,
make eyes at
, masher , mess around , minx , monkey , monkey around ,
offer bait to
, ogle , pat , peck , pet , philander , philanderer , pick ,
piddle
, piddler , play , play around , play with , playboy , pluck ,
potter
, potterer , putter , putterer , rap , rope in , run around ,
seduce
, seducer , seductress , sheik , siren , smatter , smatterer ,
snake
, snap , snatch , start , steady , string , strumpet , suck in ,
sudden pull
, sweet patootie , sweetheart , sweetie , tantalize , tap ,
tease
, teaser , tempter , temptress , think about , think of , tickle ,
tinker
, tip , touch , toy , toy with , trifle , trifle with , trifler ,
tweak
, twiddle , twitch , vamp , vampire , whisk , whore , wolf , woo ,
wrench
, yank , yerk


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