flirt

Definition of flirt in English English dictionary: pert; wanton; To jeer at; to treat with contempt; to mock; One who flirts; esp., a woman who acts with giddiness, or plays at courtship; a coquette; a pert girl; to consider or contemplate; To run about; to dart; to flit; to act with giddiness, or from a desire to attract notice; A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion; hence, a jeer; 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
1915 Burgess, Thornton W., The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel, Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, Ch. XXI:.; 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; {n} a pert huffy, sudden trick or motion, cat; {v} to jeer, run about, kick, flutter; playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest; {f} tease affectionately, make amorous advances without serious intent; trifle with; move suddenly or jerkily; fling; behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection"; One who flirts; esp; {i} charming tease, one who teases affectionately; fickle person, inconstant person; sudden movement, quick motion; To run and dart about; to act with giddiness, or from a desire to attract notice; 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; If you flirt with the idea of something, you consider it but do not do anything about it. Di Pietro, 45, has been flirting with the idea of a political career. + flirtation flir·ta·tion the party's brief flirtation with economic liberalism. to behave towards someone in a way that shows that you are sexually attracted to them, although you do not really want a relationship with them flirt with. someone who flirts with people a terrible/dreadful etc flirt (=someone who flirts a lot); Someone who is a flirt likes to flirt a lot; a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men; If you flirt with someone, you behave as if you are sexually attracted to them, in a playful or not very serious way. Dad's flirting with all the ladies, or they're all flirting with him, as usual He flirts outrageously. + flirtation flirtations flir·ta·tion a professor who has a flirtation with a student She was aware of his attempts at flirtation; talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"; a woman who acts with giddiness, or plays at courtship; a coquette; a pert girl; To throw with a jerk or quick effort; to fling suddenly; as, they flirt water in each others faces; he flirted a glove, or a handkerchief; {f} coquet
flirt with: take into consideration, have in view; "He entertained the notion of moving to South America"
flirt with the thought: toy with the idea, consider the idea
a flirt: coquette
flirtation: {n} a quick or sprightly motion, a flirt
flirty: If you describe someone as flirty, you mean that they behave towards people in a way which suggests they are sexually attracted to them, usually in a playful or not very serious way
1. She is amazingly flirty and sensual... 2. She had an appealing flirty smile.
A flirt: flurt
flirtation: playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
flirtation: An instance of flirting
flirtation: {i} love affair, brief romance; act of flirting, affectionate teasing
flirtation: Playing at courtship; coquetry
flirtation: {i} dalliance
flirtatiously: In a flirtatious manner
flirtatiously: in a flirtatious manner, playfully, in an affectionately teasing manner
flirted: past of flirt
flirted: made eyes at
flirter: {i} person who flirts, one who teases affectionately
flirting: {i} flirtation, coquetry, affectionate and playful conduct meant to arouse sexual interest; brief romance
flirting: present participle of flirt
flirting: playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
flirts: plural of , flirt
flirts: third-person singular of flirt
flirty: Flirty clothes are feminine and sexy
flirty: {s} tending to flirt, amorous, enjoys courting; relating to flirtation
flirty: If you describe someone as flirty, you mean that they behave towards people in a way which suggests they are sexually attracted to them, usually in a playful or not very serious way. She is amazingly flirty and sensual She had an appealing flirty smile

flirt

Turkish pronunciation

flırt

Synonyms

coquette, cruiser, heartbreaker, operator, philanderer, player, seducer, siren, swinger, tease, trifler, vamp, vixen, wanton, wolf

Antonyms

be faithful

Pronunciation

/ˈflərt/ /ˈflɜrt/

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, compare Eastern Frisian flirt (“a flick of the fingers, a light blow”), Eastern Frisian flirtje (“a giddy girl”), Low Saxon flirtje (“a flirt”), German Flirtchen (“a flirt”), Norwegian flira (“to giggle, titter”). Perhaps from Middle English gill-flurt (“a flirt”), or an alteration of flird (“a trifling", also, "to jibe, jeer at”), from Middle English flerd (“mockery, fraud, deception”), from Old English fleard (“nonsense, vanity, folly, deception”). Compare Scots flird (“to talk idly, flirt, flaunt”). See flird.