flirts
Meaning of flirts
- behave as though sexually attracted to someone, but playfully rather than with serious intentions.
she began to tease him, flirting with other men in front of him
- (of a bird) wave or open and shut (its wings or tail) with a quick flicking motion.
a moorhen stepped out of the reeds, flirting its white tail
- a person who habitually flirts.
Jim was an outrageous flirt
mid 16th century: apparently symbolic, the elements fl- and -irt both suggesting sudden movement; compare with flick and spurt. The original verb senses were ‘give someone a sharp blow’ and ‘sneer at’; the earliest noun senses were ‘joke, jibe’ and ‘flighty girl’ (defined by Dr Johnson as ‘a pert young hussey’), with a notion originally of cheeky behaviour, later of playfully amorous behaviour.
Information about flirts
- The singular form of flirts is: flirt.
- Languages in which flirts is used:
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flirts
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- flirts is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
flirts synonyms
Meaning make fun of or attempt to provoke (a person or animal) in a playful way:
Meaning be involved with (someone) romantically, with the intention of marrying:
Meaning seek the favour, support, or custom of:
Meaning exert force on (someone or something) so as to cause movement towards oneself:
Meaning repair or improve something:
Meaning a flirtatious woman:
Meaning a person who is very attractive but who is irresponsible in emotional relationships:
Meaning a man who readily or frequently enters into casual sexual relationships with women; a womanizer:
Meaning a woman who seduces someone, especially one who entices a man into sexual activity:
Meaning a woman who is considered to be alluring or fascinating but also dangerous in some way:
Meaning a woman who uses magic to put someone or something under a spell:
Meaning a female sorcerer; a witch:
Meaning a silly or flirtatious young woman:
Meaning a man who is charmingly attentive to women:
Words that rhyme with flirts
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