1
as in teases
to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun
the servers at that restaurant flirt with all the customers
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2
as in flits
to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements
lazily watched the butterflies flirting among the wildflowers
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Recent Examples of flirts
The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2024
Simultaneously, her greener-than-green sous chef Lucia (Barbie Ferreira) — another hire by Andreas — flirts up a storm with their financer and starts testing her new boss’s rapidly diminishing patience.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2024
Yet this gender discrepancy doesn’t originate with individuals; in Yellowjackets, Misty flirts with psychopathy, while the sole teen boy, Travis (Kevin Alves), is among the gentlest, most sympathetic characters.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
Analysts consider Kress, who previously worked at Cisco and Microsoft, instrumental in Nvidia’s success on Wall Street—its market cap routinely flirts with $3 trillion.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024
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The piece flirts with themes of nature—bacchanalian horns, rumbles of summer thunder, floral harp flourishes—but extends past the physical.
—The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2024
Simultaneously, her greener-than-green sous chef Lucia (Barbie Ferreira) — another hire by Andreas — flirts up a storm with their financer and starts testing her new boss’s rapidly diminishing patience.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2024
Yet this gender discrepancy doesn’t originate with individuals; in Yellowjackets, Misty flirts with psychopathy, while the sole teen boy, Travis (Kevin Alves), is among the gentlest, most sympathetic characters.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
Analysts consider Kress, who previously worked at Cisco and Microsoft, instrumental in Nvidia’s success on Wall Street—its market cap routinely flirts with $3 trillion.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Flirts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flirts. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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