coquet

Plural: coquets

Verb

Verb Forms: coquetted, coquetting, coquets

To flirt or behave in a flirtatious manner.
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
To act as a flirt or coquet.
To waste time; to dally.
To attempt to attract the notice, admiration, or love of; to treat with a show of tenderness or regard, with a view to deceive and disappoint; to lead on.

Noun

A flirtatious female; a coquette.
A flirtatious male.

Examples

She would COQUET with her opponent, subtly drawing attention away from her high-scoring strategy.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French coquet (“little cockerel”), from coq (“cockerel”) + -et (“masculine diminutive suffix”).

Synonyms

butterfly, chat up, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander, romance

Scrabble Score: 17

coquet: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
coquet: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
coquet: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

coquet: valid Words With Friends Word