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Meanings of flirt in English

Portuguese
flerte
Catalan
coqueteig
Wikidata

Playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest.

flerte
Portuguese
interesseira
Catalan
coqueta
Spanish
mujer fatal

A seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men.

interesseira
Catalan
flirtar

Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions.

flirtar

Behave carelessly or indifferently.

Usage of flirt in English
1
Villa, however, continue to flirt with the beginnings of a relegation problem.
The Irish Times
2
I expected him to flirt or ask how I liked the painting.
The Killing Dance
3
Comes in here every few days, just to flirt with the girls.
For Gold or Soul? The Story of a Great Department Store
4
If Mansfield thought to flirt with his wife, he could think again.
The spurned viscountess
5
But in this street there are no fair neighbors to flirt with.
Z. Marcas
6
One could almost see the swaying form, the seductive flirt of fan.
Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life
7
There was absolutely nothing coy about her, she didn't flirt at all.
Metro 2034
8
Did everyone dance and flirt their way into their twenties except her?
Songs of love and death: all-original tales of star-crossed love
9
Jess is a bit of a flirt in general, that's her personality.
News.com.au
10
And if a man strays in flirt with him-ifyou know how.
Sleeping Fires: a Novel
11
For the first month Nana was greatly amused with her old flirt.
L'Assommoir
12
She was not a flirt and her remark was commonplace and trivial.
Green Valley
13
I want him to brazenly flirt with me by the Survivor campfire.
News.com.au
14
It is not safe to flirt with her even at this distance.
The Lost Ambassador; Or, The Search For The Missing Delora
15
You don't run off with Jude; you flirt with him a little.
Stash
16
From sunset to sunrise birds feast and flirt with but brief interludes.
The Confessions of a Beachcomber
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