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flirt
What does flirt mean?
flirt (verb): talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce flirt?
/flɝt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does flirt come from?
1553, from the merger of Early Modern English flirt (“to flick”), flurt (“to mock, jibe, scorn”), and flirt, flurt (“a giddy girl”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to flirt
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “flirt” mean?
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
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to request (information, or an answer to a question)
Not quite: that's what ask means.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
Not quite: that's what wait means.
to obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods
Not quite: that's what buy means.
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