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Webster 1913 Edition

Flirt

Flirt

,
Verb.
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.

Flirt

,
Verb.
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.

Flirt

,
Noun.
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
,
Verb.
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.

Flirt

,
Adj.
Pert; wanton.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Flirt

FLIRT

,
Verb.
T.
flurt. [This word evidently belongs to the root of L. floreo, or ploro, signifying to throw, and coinciding with blurt.]
1.
To throw with a jerk or sudden effort or exertion. The boys flirt water in each other's faces. He flirted a glove or a handkerchief.
2.
To toss or throw; to move suddenly; as, to flirt a fan.

FLIRT

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To jeer or gibe; to throw harsh or sarcastic words; to utter contemptuous language, with an air of disdain.
2.
To run and dart about; to be moving hastily from place to place; to be unsteady or fluttering. The girls flirt about the room or the street.

FLIRT

,
Noun.
1.
A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion.
In unfurling the fan are several little flirts and vibrations.
2.
A young girl who moves hastily or frequently from place to place; a pert girl.
Several young flirts about town had a design to cast us out of the fashionable world.

FLIRT

,
Adj.
Pert; wanton.

Definition 2024

Flirt

Flirt

See also: flirt

German

Noun

Flirt m ‎(genitive Flirts, plural Flirts)

  1. flirtation
  2. flirt (one who flirts)

Declension

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ Friedrich Kluge, “Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache” , 22. Auflage, 1989, bearbeitet von Elmar Seebold, ISBN 3-11-006800-1

flirt

flirt

See also: Flirt

English

Noun

flirt ‎(plural flirts)

  1. A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion
    • Addison
      Several little flirts and vibrations.
    • Edgar Allan Poe
      With many a flirt and flutter.
  2. One who flirts
    • 2011, Christina Jones, Never Can Say Goodbye
      'Oooh, don't.' Lilly staggered behind the counter. 'Hangover from ****. We had a good time, I think. He's such a flirt though. He really fancied Midnight. Was sooo gutted that she was actually a straight man. Think it almost turned him celibate.'
    • Addison
      Several young flirts about town had a design to cast us out of the fashionable world.
  3. An act of flirting.

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:flirt

Translations

Verb

flirt ‎(third-person singular simple present flirts, present participle flirting, simple past and past participle flirted)

  1. (transitive) To throw (something) with a jerk or sudden movement; to fling. [from 16th c.]
    They flirt water in each other's faces.
    to flirt a glove, or a handkerchief
  2. (intransitive) To jeer at; to mock. [16th-18th c.]
    • Beaumont and Fletcher
      I am ashamed; I am scorned; I am flirted.
    • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.27:
      Asinius Pollio […], having written many invectives against Plancus, staid untill he were dead to publish them. It was rather to flurt at a blind man, and raile in a dead mans eare, and to offend a senselesse man, than incurre the danger of his revenge.
  3. (intransitive) To dart about; to move with quick, jerky motions. [from 16th c.]
    • 2012, Lenora Worth, Sweetheart Reunion
      Her skirt flirted around her knees like a flower petal.
  4. (transitive) To blurt out. [from 17th c.]
    • 1915, Thornton W. Burgess, The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel, Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, Ch.XXI:
      Chatterer flirted his tale in the saucy way he has, and his eyes twinkled.
  5. (intransitive) To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way. [from 18th c.]
    • 2006, The Guardian, 21 April:
      Dr Hutchinson, who told jurors that he had been married for 37 years and that his son was a policeman, said he enjoyed flirting with the woman, was flattered by her attention and was anticipating patting her bottom again—but had no intention of seducing her.
  6. (intransitive) To experiment, or tentatively engage, with; to become involved in passing with.
    • 2009, Kenneth Lavoie, Hold Daddy's Hand: A Father's ageless book of wisdom for his daughter
      I've thrown away my reputation, self-respect, money, health and happiness through the use of drugs and alcohol; I can teach her how fragile a reputation is, how a fool and their money are soon parted, and how dangerous it is to flirt with drugs.
    • 2014, David R. Topper, Idolatry and Infinity: Of Art, Math, and God (page 67)
      The various episodes of thinkers flirting with the idea of an infinite universe, starting with early Greek speculations and running through Cusa in the Renaissance, came to fruition as a central element in the Scientific Revolution.

Antonyms

  • ("to insinuate emotional affection"): belittle

Synonyms

Translations

Adjective

flirt ‎(not comparable)

  1. pert; wanton

Related terms

See also

  • See also Wikisaurus:flirt

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

flirt

  1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of flirten
  2. imperative of flirten

French

Etymology

From English flirt.

Noun

flirt m ‎(plural flirts)

  1. An episode of (or the act of) flirting.

Related terms

Polish

Etymology

From English flirt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flʲirt/

Noun

flirt m inan

  1. flirting

Declension

Anagrams

Spanish

Etymology

From English flirt.

Noun

flirt m ‎(plural flirts)

  1. An episode of (or the act of) flirting.

Related terms

Etymology

From English flirt.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [flɪʁt]
  • IPA(key): [flœʁt]

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