Flirt

Quick meaning: Flirt is a noun meaning A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion.

Meaning

A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion.

More Meanings

1. Someone who flirts a lot or enjoys flirting; a flirtatious person.
2. An act of flirting.
3. A tentative or brief, passing engagement with something.
4. (with "the") Russula vesca, an edible woodland mushroom.
5. (transitive) To throw (something) with a jerk or sudden movement; to fling.
6. (dialectal) A brief shower (of rain or snow).
7. (archaic, intransitive) To jeer at; to mock.

Example Sentences

with many a flirt and flutter

several little flirts and vibrations

Several young flirts about town had a design to cast us out of the fashionable world.

an angry hectic in each cheek, a fierce flirt of her fan, and two or three short sniffs that betokened mischief

Word Forms

• flirts
• flirting
• flirted

Synonyms for flirt

Depending on context, synonyms include charm, coquet, dally, gallivant, tease, dalliance.

Antonyms for flirt

Common opposites include belittle, cockblock.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tease, mash, toy, dally, play, toying.

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