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flirt with something Definition


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flirt
verb
    intr
    flirted, flirting
    1. To behave in a playful sexual manner towards them.
      Thesaurus: ogle, philander, tease, coquet, dally, wink at, toy with.
      Form: flirt with someone (usually)
noun
    1. Someone who flirts.
      Thesaurus: philanderer, wanton, coquette, heart-breaker, tease, siren, vamp, vixen, minx.
Derivative: flirtation
noun
    Playful sexual behaviour
      Thesaurus: affair, dalliance, fling, philandering, trifling, toying, coquetry, dallying.
Derivative: flirtingly
adverb
    Derivative: flirty
    adj
      Etymology: 16c: compare flick, flip.

      Phrasal Verb: flirt with something
        To take a fleeting interest in it; to consider it briefly.To treat (death, danger, etc) lightly; to play riskily with it.


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