flirt

Plural: flirts

Noun

a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion
Someone who flirts a lot or enjoys flirting; a flirtatious person.
An act of flirting.
A tentative or brief, passing engagement with something.
A brief shower (of rain or snow).
Russula vesca, an edible woodland mushroom.

Verb

Verb Forms: flirted, flirting, flirts

To behave amorously without serious intent; to toy with.
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
- "My husband never flirts with other women"
behave carelessly or indifferently
To throw (something) with a jerk or sudden movement; to fling.
To jeer at; to mock.
To dart about; to move with quick, jerky motions.
To blurt out.
To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way.
To experiment, or tentatively engage, with; to become involved in passing with.

Adj

Flirtatious.

Examples

He would flirt with playing long words, but often settled for safer, shorter ones.

Origin / Etymology

1553, from the merger of Early Modern English flirt (“to flick”), flurt (“to mock, jibe, scorn”), and flirt, flurt (“a giddy girl”). Of obscure origin and relation. Apparently related to similar words in Germanic, all of apparently onomatopoeic origin, compare Low German flirt (“a flick of the fingers, a light blow”), Low German flirtje (“a giddy girl”), Low German flirtje (“a flirt”), German Flittchen (“a flirt; tart; hussy”), Norwegian flira (“to giggle, titter”). Compare also Early Modern English jillflirt, gillian flirt, and flirt-gill (“a flirt”), and Scots flird (“a trifling", also, "to jibe, jeer at, talk idly, flirt, flaunt”), which is perhaps from Middle English flerd (“mockery, fraud, deception”), from Old English fleard (“nonsense, vanity, folly, deception”); potentially related to Icelandic flærð (“trickiness, deceit”), Swedish flärd (“vanity, frivolity, flamboyance”), Dutch flard (“tatter, shred”). See flird.

Synonyms

butterfly, chat up, coquet, coquetry, coquette, dalliance, dally, flirtation, flirting, mash, minx, philander, play, prickteaser, romance, tease, toy, toying, vamp, vamper, charm, come on to, fool around, gallivant, get fresh, hit on, make a move on, make an advance, make eyes at, play the field, put the make on

Antonyms

belittle, cockblock

Scrabble Score: 8

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

Words With Friends Score: 9

flirt: valid Words With Friends Word