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[flurt] Pronunciation Key
[flurt] Pronunciation Key –verb (used without object)
–verb (used with object)
–noun
| 1. | to court triflingly or act amorously without serious intentions; play at love; coquet. |
| 2. | to trifle or toy, as with an idea: She flirted with the notion of buying a sports car. |
| 3. | to move with a jerk or jerks; dart about: butterflies flirting from flower to flower. |
| 4. | to give a sudden or brisk motion to; wave smartly, as a fan. |
| 5. | to throw or propel with a toss or jerk; fling suddenly. |
| 6. | Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting. |
| 7. | a quick throw or toss; sudden jerk or darting motion. |
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| flirt
(flûrt) Pronunciation Key
v. flirt·ed, flirt·ing, flirts v. intr.
v. tr.
n.
[Origin unknown.] flirt'y adj. Synonyms: These verbs mean to deal lightly, casually, or flippantly with someone or something: flirted with the idea of getting a job; dallying with music; can't play with life; toyed with the problem; a person not to be trifled with. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
flirt (v.)
flirt (v.)
1553, originally "to turn up one's nose, sneer at," then "to rap or flick, as with the fingers" (1563). The noun is first attested 1549, with the meaning "stroke of wit." It's possible that the original word was imitative, along the lines of flip (v.), but there seems to be some influence from flit, such as in the flirt sense of "to move in short, quick flights," attested from 1583. Meanwhile flirt had come to mean "a pert young hussey" [Johnson] by 1562, and Shakespeare has flirt-gill (i.e. Jill) "a woman of light or loose behavior," while flirtgig was a 17c. Yorkshire dialect word for "a giddy, flighty girl." All or any of these could have fed into the main modern verbal sense of "play at courtship" (1777), which also could have grown naturally from the earlier meaning "to flit inconstantly from object to object" (1578), perhaps influenced by O.Fr. fleureter "talk sweet nonsense," also "to touch a thing in passing," dim. of fleur "flower" and metaphoric of bees skimming from flower to flower. The noun meaning "person who flirts" is from 1732. The Eng. word also is possibly related to E.Fris. flirt "a flick or light blow," and flirtje "a giddy girl."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| flirt | |
noun | |
| 1. | a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men [syn: coquette] |
| 2. | playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest |
verb | |
| 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] |
| 2. | behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection" [syn: dally] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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. 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. [Obs.] I am ashamed; I am scorned; I am flirted. --Beau. & Fl.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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. 2. To utter contemptuous language, with an air of disdain; to jeer or gibe. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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Flirt\, n. 1. A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion; hence, a jeer. Several little flirts and vibrations. --Addison. With many a flirt and flutter. --E. A. Poe. 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. Several young flirts about town had a design to cast us out of the fashionable world. --Addison.
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Flirt
Flirt\, a. Pert; wanton. [Obs.]
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