FLIRT


Meaning of FLIRT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ flɜ:(r)t ]

( flirts, flirting, flirted)

1.

If you flirt with someone, you behave as if you are sexually attracted to them, in a playful or not very serious way.

Dad’s flirting with all the ladies, or they’re all flirting with him, as usual...

He flirts outrageously.

V-RECIP : V with n , V ( non-recip )

• flir‧ta‧tion

(flirtations)

...a professor who has a flirtation with a student...

She was aware of his attempts at flirtation.

N-VAR : oft N with n

2.

Someone who is a flirt likes to flirt a lot.

N-COUNT

3.

If you flirt with the idea of something, you consider it but do not do anything about it.

Di Pietro, 45, has been flirting with the idea of a political career.

VERB : V with n

• flir‧ta‧tion

...the party’s brief flirtation with economic liberalism.

N-VAR

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