verb (used without object)
1.
to try to attract the attention and admiration of men for mere self-gratification; flirt.
2.
to act without seriousness; trifle; dally.
adjective
3.
noun
4.
Obsolete. a male flirt.
Synonyms
1. dally, tease.
1. dally, tease.
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| —vb , -quets, -quetting, -quetted | |
| 1. | to behave flirtatiously |
| 2. | to dally or trifle |
| [C17: from French: a gallant, literally: a little cock, from coq cock] | |
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Word Origin & History
coquet
"amorous, flirtatious person," 1690s, originally of both sexes (as it was in Fr.), from Fr. coquet, dim. of coq "cock" (see cock (n.1)). A figurative reference to its strut or its lust. The distinction of fem. coquette began c.1700, and use in ref. to males has faded out.
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