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verb

Flirt v. t. (past & past part. flirted; pres. part. flirting)

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. (Obs.) "I am ashamed; I am scorned; I am flirted."

Flirt v. i.

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. (Obs.)

noun

Flirt n.

A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion; hence, a jeer. "Several little flirts and vibrations." "With many a flirt and flutter."

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."

adjective

Flirt adj. Pert; wanton. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Flirt'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Flirt" Quotes from Famous Books

... difficult to flirt on board the P. and O. steamers? Because all of the mails (males) are tied up ...

— Entertainments for Home, Church and School • Frederica Seeger

... nose is sunburned. Besides, Mr. Dunham," the girl looked squarely into the amused eyes, "you mustn't flirt ...

— The Opened Shutters • Clara Louise Burnham

... come away,' said Miss Manisty impatiently. 'In my days the Scarlet Lady was the Scarlet Lady, and we didn't flirt with her as all the world does now. Shrewd old gentleman! I should have thought one picture of him ...

— Eleanor • Mrs. Humphry Ward

... lots of these and much else in every direction, as I saunter or sit. For the last half hour a bird has persistently kept up a simple, sweet, melodious song, from the bushes. (I have a positive conviction that some of these birds sing, and others fly and flirt about ...

— Complete Prose Works - Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy • Walt Whitman

... Aggie was a flirt and a jilt and a heartless breaker of hearts. She wouldn't have broken anybody's heart for the whole world; it would have hurt her own too much. She had never jilted anybody, because she had never permitted herself to become engaged to any of those young men. As for flirting, pretty ...

— The Judgment of Eve • May Sinclair

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