flirt
/flɜːt//flɝt/
noun
- 1
A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion
- 2
Someone who flirts a lot or enjoys flirting; a flirtatious person.
- 3
An act of flirting.
verb
- 1
To throw (something) with a jerk or sudden movement; to fling.
“They flirt water in each other's faces.”
- 2
To jeer at; to mock.
- 3
To dart about; to move with quick, jerky motions.
- 4
To blurt out.
- 5
To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way.
- 6
To experiment, or tentatively engage, with; to become involved in passing with.
Antonyms
adjective
- 1
Pert; wanton
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