| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. In a flirting manner.[Websters]
2. Adverbial inflection of the verb-based adjective flirting.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Base (Flirting) | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb flirt.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (flirt) | 1. Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "My husband never flirts with other women".[Wordnet]. 2. Behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection".[Wordnet]. 3. To throw with a jerk or quick effort; to fling suddenly; as, they flirt water in each other's faces; he flirted a glove, or a handkerchief.[Websters]. 4. To toss or throw about; to move playfully to and fro; as, to flirt a fan.[Websters]. 5. To jeer at; to treat with contempt; to mock.[Websters]. 6. To run and dart about; to act with giddiness, or from a desire to attract notice; especially, to play the coquette; to play at courtship; to coquet; as, they flirt with the young men.[Websters]. 7. To utter contemptuous language, with an air of disdain; to jeer or gibe.[Websters]. 8. Base verb from the following inflections: flirting, flirted, flirts, flirter, flirters, flirtingly and flirtedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FLIRTINGLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
Specialty Definition: flirt
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Verb] flurt.. | 2: [Verb] To throw with a jerk or sudden effort or exertion. The boys flirt water in each other's faces. He flirted a glove or a handkerchief.. | 3: [Verb] To toss or throw; to move suddenly; as, to flirt a fan.. | 4: [Verb] To jeer or gibe; to throw harsh or sarcastic words; to utter contemptuous language, with an air of disdain.. | 5: [Verb] To run and dart about; to be moving hastily from place to place; to be unsteady or fluttering. The girls flirt about the room or the street.. | 6: [Noun] A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion. In unfurling the fan are several little flirts and vibrations.. | 7: [Noun] A young girl who moves hastily or frequently from place to place; a pert girl. Several young flirts about town had a design to cast us out of the fashionable world.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Literature | Flirt A coquette. The word is from the verb flirt, as, "to flirt a fan." The fan being used for coquetting, those who coquetted were called fan-flirts. Lady Frances Shirley, the favourite of Lord Chesterfield, introduced the word. Flirt is allied to flutter, flit, jerk, etc. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| MultiLingual Slang | German (anmachen). (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Adjective] pert; wanton. (references) | 2: [Noun] A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion; hence, a jeer. (references) | 3: [Noun] One who flirts; esp., a woman who acts with giddiness, or plays at courtship; a coquette; a pert girl. (references) | 4: [Verb] To jeer at; to treat with contempt; to mock. (references) | 5: [Verb] To play the coquette; to play at courtship; to coquet; as, they flirt with the young men. (references) | 6: [Verb] To run and dart about; to act with giddiness, or from a desire to attract notice. (references) | 7: [Verb] To throw with a jerk or quick effort; to fling suddenly; as, they flirt water in each other's faces; he flirted a glove, or a handkerchief. (references) | 8: [Verb] To toss or throw about; to move playfully to and fro; as, to flirt a fan. (references) | 9: [Verb] To utter contemptuous language, with an air of disdain; to jeer or gibe. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Common Expressions: flirt
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Flirt with | Take into consideration, have in view. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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Abbreviations & Acronyms: flirt
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | ||||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field | |
| FLIRT | English | Free language information retrieval tool | N/A | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | Top | |||
Topics by Level of Interest: flirt | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| I'm a Flirt | 36 | Bad Flirt (band) | 18 | |
| Bad Flirt (band) | 18 | Flirt (film) | 3 | |
| The Flirt | 12 | Flirt (TV series) | 2 | |
| Flirt FM | 8 | Flirt FM | 8 | |
| Singles: Flirt Up Your Life | 7 | HMS Flirt | 4 | |
| HMS Flirt | 4 | I'm a Flirt | 36 | |
| Flirt (film) | 3 | Singles: Flirt Up Your Life | 7 | |
| The Flirt and the Bandit | 3 | The Flirt | 12 | |
| Flirt (TV series) | 2 | The Flirt and the Bandit | 3 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
