flirt

Speech parts

1. flirt - Noun

2. flirt - Adjective

3. flirt - Verb

Meaning

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.

To toss or throw about; to move playfully to and fro; as, to flirt a fan.

To jeer at; to treat with contempt; to mock.

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.

To utter contemptuous language, with an air of disdain; to jeer or gibe.

A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion; hence, a jeer.

One who flirts; esp., a woman who acts with giddiness, or plays at courtship; a coquette; a pert girl.

Pert; wanton.

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The amount of women in London who flirt with their own husbands is perfectly scandalous. It looks so bad. It is simply washing one's clean linen in public. Oscar Wilde

I leaned right over to kiss your stoney book A little jealous of the ships with whom you flirt A billion lovers with their cameras Snap to look and in my fantasy I sail beneath your skirt. Andy Partridge

Truth is a great flirt. Franz Liszt

I don't flirt and I don't play the people that I'm meeting with. Sherilyn Fenn

Play with an ass and he will flirt his tail in your face. Spanish Proverb

You flirt with a widow, but do you know how her husband died? Togolese Proverb

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