FLIRT

v. n. a.

8 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

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.

2.
v.

To toss or throw about; to move playfully to and fro; as, to flirt a fan.

3.
v.

To jeer at; to treat with contempt; to mock. [Obs.] I am ashamed; I am scorned; I am flirted. Beau. & Fl.

4.
v.

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.

5.
v.

To utter contemptious language, with an air of disdain; to jeer or gibe. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

6.
n.

A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion; hence, a jeer. Several little flirts and vibrations. Addison. With many a flirt and flutter. E. A. Poe.

7.
n.

One who flirts; esp., a woman who acts with giddiness, or plays at courtship; a coquette; a pert girl. Several young flirts about town had a design to cast us out of the fashionable world. Addison.

8.
a.

Pert; wanton. [Obs.]


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