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flirt

Definitions


[fləːt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- behave as though sexually attracted to someone, but playfully rather than with serious intentions
(e.g: she began to tease him, flirting with other men in front of him)

- experiment with or show a superficial interest in (an idea, activity, or movement) without committing oneself to it seriously
(e.g: a painter who had flirted briefly with Cubism)

- (of a bird) wave or open and shut (its wings or tail) with a quick flicking motion
(e.g: a moorhen stepped out of the reeds, flirting its white tail)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century: apparently symbolic, the elements fl- and -irt both suggesting sudden movement; compare with flick and spurt. The original verb senses were ‘give someone a sharp blow’ and ‘sneer at’; the earliest noun senses were ‘joke, jibe’ and ‘flighty girl’ (defined by Dr Johnson as ‘a pert young hussey’), with a notion originally of cheeky behaviour, later of playfully amorous behaviour


[fləːt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person who habitually flirts
(e.g: Jim was an outrageous flirt)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century: apparently symbolic, the elements fl- and -irt both suggesting sudden movement; compare with flick and spurt. The original verb senses were ‘give someone a sharp blow’ and ‘sneer at’; the earliest noun senses were ‘joke, jibe’ and ‘flighty girl’ (defined by Dr Johnson as ‘a pert young hussey’), with a notion originally of cheeky behaviour, later of playfully amorous behaviour




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