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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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"Flirt" Quotes from Famous Books

... sophism confounded poor George for a minute, during which Sally began to giggle violently, and flirt in her rustic fashion with the three rebels in a row. At length George, recovering his poise ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. I, No. 1, Nov. 1857 • Various

... very little difference! People can't love just on account of the face. Of course it does a great deal, but when there is nothing else—. They have been talking about B——. He has exactly my disposition. I am fond of society; he likes to flirt; he likes to see and to be seen; in short, he is pleased with the same things that please me. They say he is a gambler. Oh! dear! What evil ...

— Marie Bashkirtseff (From Childhood to Girlhood) • Marie Bashkirtseff

... that the women sometimes bought goods just to encourage the boy. The clerks laughed and made fun of me telling me it was my rosy cheeks that sold the goods. Young ladies frequented the shop for no other purpose than to chat and flirt with the clerks, and one I remember always kissed me at any favorable chance. How I hated my red checks, and tried my best to rub out the color. It was a comfort to be told I should outgrow it, and then the girls would not care for me. For two long years I had ceased to care for them. It ...

— Confessions of Boyhood • John Albee

... Fred who suddenly decided in favor of the snow man, and hurriedly suiting the action to the word, rushed to get his coat which hung under Jamie's, just as Jamie reached his little hands up to get his. Fred gave a tremendous flirt and pull at his coat which overbalanced his little brother and down came the high chair and Jamie plump upon the luckless Fred, whose angry squeals and kicks, mingled with Jamie's loud shrieks ...

— The Right Knock - A Story • Helen Van-Anderson

... his wife. It had never occurred to him that she could possibly go astray; but he has learned from her own confession that she is a flirt, and he knows full well that a married coquette is half a courtesan. Suspecting that Joseph's offense is graver than his wife set forth, he casts him into prison. The inexperienced youth, believing the full extent of his guilt ...

— Volume 1 of Brann The Iconoclast • William Cowper Brann

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