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as in wanton
a person who playfully shows another amorous attention he's just a harmless flirt, so don't take him seriously

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flirt

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verb (1)

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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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flirt (with)

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verb (2)

as in to woo
to act so as to make (something) more likely you're flirting with death by driving so recklessly

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flirtation

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noun (2)

as in flirtatiousness
the attitude or behavior of one who insincerely courts the amorous attentions of others somehow got the bizarre notion that flirtation was appropriate during a job interview

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Noun
Simultaneously, her greener-than-green sous chef Lucia (Barbie Ferreira) — another hire by Andreas — flirts up a storm with their financer and starts testing her new boss’s rapidly diminishing patience. Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2024 Meta, infamous for kicking researchers off its platform, flirts with slightly more transparency. Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 17 July 2024
Verb
The song’s release was accompanied by a video that plays out on CCTV, where Harlow flirts with Miss Johnson’s daughter. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 2 Dec. 2024 He’s flirted with the 200-yard mark twice and found the end zone a league-high 15 times in 12 weeks. Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for flirt 

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“Flirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flirt. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.

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