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
Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2025
This approach flirts with sketch comedy stretched beyond its natural limits, but is fully validated in the form of Poorna Jagannathan’s Auntie Lucky, the Dars’ doting family friend who turns out to be a cold-blooded queenpin.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
In fact, there are moments when the movie flirts with parody.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
Sabrina Carpenter flirts with country, and 12 more new songs.
—Adam Bradley D’angelo Lovell Williams Milton David Dixon Iii, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
While the adults relax, Blue Jay tentatively flirts with the celebrity guest’s teenage son (Ethan Stoddard).
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
This fragrance flirts more with vanilla’s warmth than its sugary facets and is heightened with amber, cashmere woods, and bitter, juicy plum.
—Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 15 Jan. 2025
Don’t be surprised if the world flirts back!
—Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Dec. 2024
In one scene, Walker watches as Choppa flirts with a woman during her own photoshoot.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
In the middle of all this, Alexa and Lino remain pretty steadfast in their commitment to each other (except when Lino occasionally gets the urge to cheat and flirts with Alex, who turns him down every time).
—Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2025
This approach flirts with sketch comedy stretched beyond its natural limits, but is fully validated in the form of Poorna Jagannathan’s Auntie Lucky, the Dars’ doting family friend who turns out to be a cold-blooded queenpin.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
In fact, there are moments when the movie flirts with parody.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
Sabrina Carpenter flirts with country, and 12 more new songs.
—Adam Bradley D’angelo Lovell Williams Milton David Dixon Iii, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
While the adults relax, Blue Jay tentatively flirts with the celebrity guest’s teenage son (Ethan Stoddard).
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
This fragrance flirts more with vanilla’s warmth than its sugary facets and is heightened with amber, cashmere woods, and bitter, juicy plum.
—Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 15 Jan. 2025
Don’t be surprised if the world flirts back!
—Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Dec. 2024
In one scene, Walker watches as Choppa flirts with a woman during her own photoshoot.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Flirts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flirts. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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