1
as in to tease
to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun
the servers at that restaurant flirt with all the customers
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2
as in to flit
to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements
lazily watched the butterflies flirting among the wildflowers
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Recent Examples of flirt
Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
Polite flirts often focus on building a connection slowly, ensuring that their behavior aligns with social norms and avoids any form of inappropriate advances.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
This is far from the first time that Ye has flirted with controversy, and isn't even the first time he's praised Nazis.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2025
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Noun
In one scene, Walker watches as Choppa flirts with a woman during her own photoshoot.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
Polite flirts often focus on building a connection slowly, ensuring that their behavior aligns with social norms and avoids any form of inappropriate advances.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
Verb
Thompson flirted with the lead with three birdies on the front nine before Scheffler (who started on the back nine) got into the mix.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
This is far from the first time that Ye has flirted with controversy, and isn't even the first time he's praised Nazis.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flirt
Noun
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Among other concerns, the wanton killing of Afghan fighters and civilians was viewed as destroying trust between foreign troops and the civilian population.—
Mark Landler,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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The jihadists do still manage to dupe some Muslims into signing up for their cause, but most Muslims are horrified by their wanton killing of Muslims and non-Muslims alike.—
William McCants,
Foreign Affairs,
16 June 2015
Verb
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Leighton, who played Sydney Andrews in the show, also teased what viewers could expect from the new series.—
Erin Clack,
People.com,
16 Feb. 2025
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On Saturday night, Memphis Grizzlies star guard Ja Morant teased an appearance in the dunk contest while also challenging high flyers and stars Nuggets' Aaron Gordon and Kings' Zach LaVine.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
16 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Image On the site of this family home in Jeju, the buried appear to rise again, their shadows flitting over the walls; dead and absent people and birds are intermittently present, and the distinction between dead and living grows fuzzy.—
Lydia Millet,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Fleet, flitting here and there, in front of the orchestra and behind, her Puck seems to become the toh bird.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Oct. 2024
Verb
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The Czech Republic Under-21 international would then have striker Darwin Nunez darting towards him, so repeatedly hit it long where, inevitably, Virgil van Dijk won the aerial duel against Richarlison and Liverpool regained control.—
Jay Harris,
The Athletic,
7 Feb. 2025
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According to Storyful, Seren ended up far from shore after darting away from her owner and into the waves along Newton Beach in Porthcawl, Wales.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Lohse even managed to fool historian Jonathan Petropoulos, who is at the center of the documentary, and spent years investigating Lohse, only to be tricked by him.—
The Editors of ARTnews,
ARTnews.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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Was their advocacy for new energy sources just a ploy to fool their constituents and get reelected?—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Two large, white bracts (structures surrounding the flower) flutter delicately in a light breeze, reminiscent of white birds, spirits, or tissues in a tree.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Feb. 2025
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Yellow blossoms on little-leaf green-twig shrubs attract local bees, and butterflies flutter in a mad dance around sprays of blue mistflower.—
Sunshine Flint,
AFAR Media,
13 Feb. 2025
Verb
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So Maurice has toyed around with his forward lines throughout the season.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2025
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But up the middle, the Dodgers could toy around with different combinations nd experiment with myriad ways to maximize production.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Brazilian Carnival is around the corner (beginning on February 28), a time when locals flock to the streets to dance, imbibe and connect with their heritage.—
Jillian Dara,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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In the modern story, Malaika, an artist, also dances (Banks is a choreographer and a dancer), and Dunbar’s poetry figures repeatedly in her story and Nico’s, too; the poem of the title, set to music, inspires a remarkable dance performance by Malaika’s friend Bill (Christopher Smith).—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Flirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flirt. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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