Definition of flirt in English:

flirt

verb fləːtflərt

1no object Behave as though sexually attracted to someone, but playfully rather than with serious intentions.
调情，卖弄风情
she began to tease him, flirting with other men in front of him
Example sentencesExamples
- He flirts shamelessly and when he finally meets Katina, he doesn't necessarily flirt with her, but some of his quick-moving habits make it hard for him to really get close to her.
- Here are 11 warning signs of becoming over-stimulated and crossing the boundaries from flirting to overt sexuality on line.
- Laura rolled her eyes not knowing whether he was serious or flirting.
- ‘No tickling,’ he said, realizing a moment later that he was flirting with her; he hadn't even thought he knew how to flirt.
- We walk up front and not only is he doing some serious flirting with this beautiful girl, but she is flirting back with him.
- Results of this study show that females' greatest reported motivation for going to discos is to meet new people rather than to pursue sexual opportunities or to flirt.
- This personal interaction may range from flirting, dancing, and drinking to sexual intercourse.
- I happen to flirt when someone is flirting with me.
- He put his arm about her waist and drew her to him, attempting to kiss her neck but, for all her ability to flirt, Theresa was rather cold and did not share her body easily.
- Ana leaned over and whispered, ‘He's flirting with you, he normally doesn't flirt.’
- He is flirting with you - clumsily enough for you to write to me to ask what the hell he means, but flirting nonetheless.
- It broke my heart, she was flirting with him and he was flirting back.
- During lunch or whenever Amy was with Alex, they flirted all the time and it was very frustrating to see the girl that was supposed to be ‘his’ flirt with someone else.
- To make matters worse, the last time he'd seen him, Cola had been flirting rather heavily with a muscular redhead.
- He tries to prove he can flirt well by flirting with the pizza girl, only to end up talking about gas and looking like an idiot because he actually doesn't know how to flirt?
- I survived a breakup along the way and found Mary, my own true love, which led to columns on flirting and younger women and my experience with in-laws.
- ‘Well you're obviously smart enough to manage that, you sound like you're doing better than great,’ she flirted playfully.
- Anonymous messaging and chat rooms let you flirt to your heart's content without any embarrassment or getting tongue-tied.
- You're good at flirting and teasing, and can be a real sweet talker.
- So what's the harm if I flirt with someone and they don't flirt back?
Synonyms
trifle with, toy with, tease, lead on, philander with, dally with, make romantic advances to, court, woo, vamp
informal pull, chat up, make eyes at, make sheep's eyes at, give the come-on to, come on to, be all over
dated set one's cap at
1. 1.1flirt with Experiment with or show a superficial interest in (an idea, activity, or movement) without committing oneself to it seriously.
  （对想法、活动或运动）浅尝，粗浅涉猎
  a painter who had flirted briefly with Cubism
  一度对立体主义有过短暂兴趣的画家。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I keep flirting with the idea of setting a novel there, and may do it one of these days.
  Strickland flirts with many visual ideas, but, unexpectedly, his work as a whole is based in nature.
  He too, gets the credit for the most unintentionally funny scene of recent times when he solemnly confesses Gracie is his biggest achievement and flirts with the idea of having a daughter like her.
  The movie flirts with the idea by introducing the threat of island natives who make human sacrifices, but then quickly drops it.
  Tredias flirted with the idea of seeking revenge against the elf king, but it didn't matter now.
  I've been flirting with the idea of moving towards Apple more and more.
  The pub rather reflects its Welling location cheap and effective but barely even flirts with the idea of sophistication.
  Though the title of this new exhibition flirts with the idea of schism, the truth is more banal.
  You all have flirted with the idea of playing pro basketball in the offseason.
  Johnson offers only grudging admiration for Cezanne, and he flirts with the idea that Picasso was a charlatan.
  Some Cabinet ministers have flirted with the idea of a ring-fenced or ‘hypothecated’ health tax.
  Other states will watch with interest at the impact in NSW and flirt with the idea of following suit.
  Briefly flirting with the idea of managing a Guatemalan mine, he prefers death to exile, and walks in front of an express train.
  He says he flirted with the idea of running for president for one month.
  It seems daft to me that anyone who so much as flirts with the idea of a career in education would fail to remember what they know about how teenagers behave.
  A time when we flirted with ideas that repel us in our adulthood.
  The best-case scenario is when inflation is neither so high as to impede economic efficiency and growth nor so low that the nominal short-term interest rate routinely flirts with zero.
  By contrast, Marshall at least flirted with the idea of state ownership of land.
  SP had flirted with the idea of simply running the engines backwards, but tender-first is no way to run a railroad.
  Too violent for kiddies, too unhip for teens and too puerile for everyone else, it flirts with every demographic and commits to none.
  Synonyms
  dabble in, toy with, trifle with, amuse oneself with, play with, entertain the idea/possibility of, consider, give thought to, potter about/around/round with, tinker with, dip into, scratch the surface of
2. 1.2flirt with Deliberately expose oneself to (danger or difficulty)
  故意使自己遭受（危险，困难）
  the need of some individuals to flirt with death
  一些人对故意玩儿命的需要。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Dennis, a member of the most successful popular music group in American history, flirted with financial difficulty.
  We want to see golfers that flirt with danger, that manufacture amazing shots when they look completely out of it.
  A tense-looking Henman, perhaps still dwelling on Friday's singles defeat, flirts with danger at 15-30 but finds his first serve at the crucial moment to escape.
  It tells the tale of speed fiends on motorbikes who constantly flirt with death and live life on the edge.
  As Tina becomes more involved in Carole's professional life, Carole begins to enjoy flirting with danger.
  Perhaps one of the dangers that the show flirts with is that an emphasis on visual rhyming may cause divergent works to look perfectly complacent.
  The Association of Pizza Delivery Drivers flirts with danger in 30 minutes or less.
  They like to flirt with danger, inventing the gamuts they will have to run.
  Yes, since November things have really started to pick up and they needed to because we were flirting with danger towards the bottom of the table.
  The second builds up to the climatic and dramatic end where Martin flirts with danger and then realises that he's placed everything he holds dear on the line.
  These acts, in which an individual may flirt with death, offer a sense of excitement.
  Moments later, Glen Johnson flirts with danger when he tackles an opponent on the edge of the Chelsea penalty area.
  That was one of the reasons why he was such a good editor: he flirted with danger all the time and wasn't one of those tedious executives who spends most of the day trying to mind his back.
  I couldn't even start to imagine how much it had to hurt for her to be watching her son flirting with death.
  It should have been a warning to the Jags, but instead they flirted with danger again on the restart and were fortunate when Novo nodded wide.
  This performance is not afraid to flirt with danger, stretching the boundaries of what is acceptable in drama and society to their outermost limits.
  He flirts with danger, walks the tightrope and sends the run-rate zooming with booming blows.
  Besides, I have flirted with danger countless times and I still live to tell the tale.
  In Malay, he flirted with danger, enraging the local sultan by falling in love with his ward.
  He liked to flirt with danger, and he wanted to get close to death in the hope that by doing so he might overcome his fear of it.
  Synonyms
  dice with, court, risk, not be afraid of, treat frivolously, make light of
2with object (of a bird) wave or open and shut (its wings or tail) with a quick flicking motion.
（鸟）轻快地扇动（翅膀），摆动（尾巴）
a moorhen stepped out of the reeds, flirting its white tail
Example sentencesExamples
- Kymenos shrugged and turned back to grooming Sykeen, though in fact he got in only a few strokes with the brush before Sykeen danced sideways away from him, flirting his tail.
- The broad palms of his tail are flirted high in the air; then smiting the surface, the thunderous concussion resounds for miles.
- She kept expecting the elf-horse to object, but it only flirted its tail and stamped a time or two when Shara came too close.
1. 2.1no object, with adverbial of direction Move quickly to and fro with a fluttering motion.
  轻快来回摇晃（或摆动）
  the lark was flirting around the site
  那只云雀绕着那个地方轻快地扇动翅膀，不停地飞着。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Blackbirds flirt and do their mating flutter at the curb on Main Street.
  Shrill and soft old Autumnal winds blow and we are tucked below the shallow soil where seeds spring up and wither quickly flirting madly.

noun fləːtflərt

A person who habitually flirts.
惯于调情的人，经常卖弄风骚者
Jim was an outrageous flirt
Example sentencesExamples
- He rolled his eyes at the female flirt and followed Michelle inside.
- It wasn't that she was a flirt, because she wasn't one, it was just that none of them ever seemed right for her.
- She has always been a flirt from the first day I met her and just because she was a little older, doesn't mean she has forgotten how much fun being a flirty tease can be.
- At first, we were just two flirts who saw each other once a week in a bowling league until one day he told me that his car was in the shop and asked if he could catch a ride with me.
- Yes, I'm still a flirt and a tease, but I only have one husband.
- Kyle had been an outrageous flirt ever since the boys had hit sixth grade.
- The best flirts have a positive outlook on life and are happy with themselves.
- Usually when it comes to talking to boys, he is the biggest flirt.
- For the record, the Australians were voted the best kissers, best lovers and best flirts.
- Libby was also one of the biggest flirts in the entire school.
- You are a fun flirt and an instant sweetheart, but our guess is you're becoming more selective about long-term love.
- I would be intelligent, charming, sexy, a huge flirt, with a sense of humour but a down-to-earth guy in touch with his sensitive side.
- His Franz was an incorrigible flirt, but not completely empty-headed or cold-hearted.
- She was exactly how he remembered her, how every man who grew up in the Glen remembered her: a flirt and a tease with a body to back up her confidence.
- This is what separates a good flirt from a great flirt: nothing will bond you more effectively than mirroring someone's behaviour.
- And Jacob, both the youngest and the tallest, is also the family flirt.
- That said, the only other possibility - and this one's a bit of a bummer - is that he's no more than… just a flirt.
- You know, you were always a flirt and a tease in high school.
- He's a big flirt so I can't tell how he feels about me.
- Leon knew firsthand what a flirt and tease Barbie was, she fooled with all the men.
Synonyms
tease, trifler, philanderer, coquette, heartbreaker
informal puss, ladies' man
vulgar slang cock-teaser, prick-teaser
archaic fizgig, gallant

Origin

Mid 16th century: apparently symbolic, the elements fl- and -irt both suggesting sudden movement; compare with flick and spurt. The original verb senses were 'give someone a sharp blow' and 'sneer at'; the earliest noun senses were 'joke, jibe' and 'flighty girl' (defined by Dr Johnson as 'a pert young hussey'), with a notion originally of cheeky behaviour, later of playfully amorous behaviour.

Like words such as biff (mid 19th century), bounce (early 16th century), flick [see fillip], and spurt (late 16th century), and many others often sharing the same sounds, flirt apparently arose because it somehow ‘sounded right’ to convey the idea it represented. In the case of flirt the elements fl- and -irt probably suggest sudden movement—the original verb senses were ‘to give someone a sharp blow’, ‘to move or propel suddenly’, and ‘to sneer at’. As a noun it first meant ‘joke, gibe’, and ‘flighty girl’, with a notion originally of cheekiness rather than of playfully amorous behaviour.

Rhymes

advert, alert, animadvert, assert, avert, Bert, blurt, Burt, cert, chert, concert, controvert, convert, curt, desert, dessert, dirt, divert, exert, girt, hurt, inert, insert, introvert, Kurt, malapert, overt, pert, quirt, shirt, skirt, spirt, spurt, squirt, Sturt, subvert, vert, wort, yurt

Definition of flirt in US English:

flirt

verbflərtflərt

1no object Behave as though attracted to or trying to attract someone, but for amusement rather than with serious intentions.
调情，卖弄风情
it amused him to flirt with her
和她调情让他感到有趣。
Example sentencesExamples
- He tries to prove he can flirt well by flirting with the pizza girl, only to end up talking about gas and looking like an idiot because he actually doesn't know how to flirt?
- He put his arm about her waist and drew her to him, attempting to kiss her neck but, for all her ability to flirt, Theresa was rather cold and did not share her body easily.
- This personal interaction may range from flirting, dancing, and drinking to sexual intercourse.
- It broke my heart, she was flirting with him and he was flirting back.
- So what's the harm if I flirt with someone and they don't flirt back?
- Anonymous messaging and chat rooms let you flirt to your heart's content without any embarrassment or getting tongue-tied.
- I happen to flirt when someone is flirting with me.
- He flirts shamelessly and when he finally meets Katina, he doesn't necessarily flirt with her, but some of his quick-moving habits make it hard for him to really get close to her.
- Ana leaned over and whispered, ‘He's flirting with you, he normally doesn't flirt.’
- I survived a breakup along the way and found Mary, my own true love, which led to columns on flirting and younger women and my experience with in-laws.
- You're good at flirting and teasing, and can be a real sweet talker.
- During lunch or whenever Amy was with Alex, they flirted all the time and it was very frustrating to see the girl that was supposed to be ‘his’ flirt with someone else.
- He is flirting with you - clumsily enough for you to write to me to ask what the hell he means, but flirting nonetheless.
- ‘No tickling,’ he said, realizing a moment later that he was flirting with her; he hadn't even thought he knew how to flirt.
- ‘Well you're obviously smart enough to manage that, you sound like you're doing better than great,’ she flirted playfully.
- To make matters worse, the last time he'd seen him, Cola had been flirting rather heavily with a muscular redhead.
- Laura rolled her eyes not knowing whether he was serious or flirting.
- Results of this study show that females' greatest reported motivation for going to discos is to meet new people rather than to pursue sexual opportunities or to flirt.
- Here are 11 warning signs of becoming over-stimulated and crossing the boundaries from flirting to overt sexuality on line.
- We walk up front and not only is he doing some serious flirting with this beautiful girl, but she is flirting back with him.
Synonyms
trifle with, toy with, tease, lead on, philander with, dally with, make romantic advances to, court, woo, vamp
1. 1.1flirt with Experiment with or show a superficial interest in (an idea, activity, or movement) without committing oneself to it seriously.
  （对想法、活动或运动）浅尝，粗浅涉猎
  a painter who had flirted briefly with Cubism
  一度对立体主义有过短暂兴趣的画家。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Strickland flirts with many visual ideas, but, unexpectedly, his work as a whole is based in nature.
  You all have flirted with the idea of playing pro basketball in the offseason.
  Too violent for kiddies, too unhip for teens and too puerile for everyone else, it flirts with every demographic and commits to none.
  He too, gets the credit for the most unintentionally funny scene of recent times when he solemnly confesses Gracie is his biggest achievement and flirts with the idea of having a daughter like her.
  Other states will watch with interest at the impact in NSW and flirt with the idea of following suit.
  Johnson offers only grudging admiration for Cezanne, and he flirts with the idea that Picasso was a charlatan.
  I keep flirting with the idea of setting a novel there, and may do it one of these days.
  The movie flirts with the idea by introducing the threat of island natives who make human sacrifices, but then quickly drops it.
  Briefly flirting with the idea of managing a Guatemalan mine, he prefers death to exile, and walks in front of an express train.
  SP had flirted with the idea of simply running the engines backwards, but tender-first is no way to run a railroad.
  A time when we flirted with ideas that repel us in our adulthood.
  Tredias flirted with the idea of seeking revenge against the elf king, but it didn't matter now.
  By contrast, Marshall at least flirted with the idea of state ownership of land.
  It seems daft to me that anyone who so much as flirts with the idea of a career in education would fail to remember what they know about how teenagers behave.
  The best-case scenario is when inflation is neither so high as to impede economic efficiency and growth nor so low that the nominal short-term interest rate routinely flirts with zero.
  He says he flirted with the idea of running for president for one month.
  I've been flirting with the idea of moving towards Apple more and more.
  The pub rather reflects its Welling location cheap and effective but barely even flirts with the idea of sophistication.
  Though the title of this new exhibition flirts with the idea of schism, the truth is more banal.
  Some Cabinet ministers have flirted with the idea of a ring-fenced or ‘hypothecated’ health tax.
  Synonyms
  dabble in, toy with, trifle with, amuse oneself with, play with, entertain the idea of, entertain the possibility of, consider, give thought to, potter about with, potter around with, potter round with, tinker with, dip into, scratch the surface of
2. 1.2flirt with Deliberately expose oneself to (danger or difficulty)
  故意使自己遭受（危险，困难）
  the need of some individuals to flirt with death
  一些人对故意玩儿命的需要。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The second builds up to the climatic and dramatic end where Martin flirts with danger and then realises that he's placed everything he holds dear on the line.
  He flirts with danger, walks the tightrope and sends the run-rate zooming with booming blows.
  It should have been a warning to the Jags, but instead they flirted with danger again on the restart and were fortunate when Novo nodded wide.
  The Association of Pizza Delivery Drivers flirts with danger in 30 minutes or less.
  That was one of the reasons why he was such a good editor: he flirted with danger all the time and wasn't one of those tedious executives who spends most of the day trying to mind his back.
  As Tina becomes more involved in Carole's professional life, Carole begins to enjoy flirting with danger.
  They like to flirt with danger, inventing the gamuts they will have to run.
  A tense-looking Henman, perhaps still dwelling on Friday's singles defeat, flirts with danger at 15-30 but finds his first serve at the crucial moment to escape.
  This performance is not afraid to flirt with danger, stretching the boundaries of what is acceptable in drama and society to their outermost limits.
  Dennis, a member of the most successful popular music group in American history, flirted with financial difficulty.
  It tells the tale of speed fiends on motorbikes who constantly flirt with death and live life on the edge.
  Besides, I have flirted with danger countless times and I still live to tell the tale.
  Moments later, Glen Johnson flirts with danger when he tackles an opponent on the edge of the Chelsea penalty area.
  He liked to flirt with danger, and he wanted to get close to death in the hope that by doing so he might overcome his fear of it.
  In Malay, he flirted with danger, enraging the local sultan by falling in love with his ward.
  These acts, in which an individual may flirt with death, offer a sense of excitement.
  We want to see golfers that flirt with danger, that manufacture amazing shots when they look completely out of it.
  Perhaps one of the dangers that the show flirts with is that an emphasis on visual rhyming may cause divergent works to look perfectly complacent.
  Yes, since November things have really started to pick up and they needed to because we were flirting with danger towards the bottom of the table.
  I couldn't even start to imagine how much it had to hurt for her to be watching her son flirting with death.
  Synonyms
  dice with, court, risk, not be afraid of, treat frivolously, make light of
2with object (of a bird) wave or open and shut (its wings or tail) with a quick flicking motion.
（鸟）轻快地扇动（翅膀），摆动（尾巴）
Example sentencesExamples
- Kymenos shrugged and turned back to grooming Sykeen, though in fact he got in only a few strokes with the brush before Sykeen danced sideways away from him, flirting his tail.
- The broad palms of his tail are flirted high in the air; then smiting the surface, the thunderous concussion resounds for miles.
- She kept expecting the elf-horse to object, but it only flirted its tail and stamped a time or two when Shara came too close.
1. 2.1no object, with adverbial of direction Move back and forth with a flicking or fluttering motion.
  轻快来回摇晃（或摆动）
  the lark was flirting around the site
  那只云雀绕着那个地方轻快地扇动翅膀，不停地飞着。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Shrill and soft old Autumnal winds blow and we are tucked below the shallow soil where seeds spring up and wither quickly flirting madly.
  Blackbirds flirt and do their mating flutter at the curb on Main Street.

nounflərtflərt

A person who habitually flirts.
惯于调情的人，经常卖弄风骚者
Example sentencesExamples
- The best flirts have a positive outlook on life and are happy with themselves.
- She has always been a flirt from the first day I met her and just because she was a little older, doesn't mean she has forgotten how much fun being a flirty tease can be.
- His Franz was an incorrigible flirt, but not completely empty-headed or cold-hearted.
- For the record, the Australians were voted the best kissers, best lovers and best flirts.
- You are a fun flirt and an instant sweetheart, but our guess is you're becoming more selective about long-term love.
- Usually when it comes to talking to boys, he is the biggest flirt.
- You know, you were always a flirt and a tease in high school.
- Yes, I'm still a flirt and a tease, but I only have one husband.
- And Jacob, both the youngest and the tallest, is also the family flirt.
- Leon knew firsthand what a flirt and tease Barbie was, she fooled with all the men.
- This is what separates a good flirt from a great flirt: nothing will bond you more effectively than mirroring someone's behaviour.
- At first, we were just two flirts who saw each other once a week in a bowling league until one day he told me that his car was in the shop and asked if he could catch a ride with me.
- It wasn't that she was a flirt, because she wasn't one, it was just that none of them ever seemed right for her.
- He rolled his eyes at the female flirt and followed Michelle inside.
- That said, the only other possibility - and this one's a bit of a bummer - is that he's no more than… just a flirt.
- He's a big flirt so I can't tell how he feels about me.
- Kyle had been an outrageous flirt ever since the boys had hit sixth grade.
- She was exactly how he remembered her, how every man who grew up in the Glen remembered her: a flirt and a tease with a body to back up her confidence.
- I would be intelligent, charming, sexy, a huge flirt, with a sense of humour but a down-to-earth guy in touch with his sensitive side.
- Libby was also one of the biggest flirts in the entire school.
Synonyms
tease, trifler, philanderer, coquette, heartbreaker

Origin

Mid 16th century: apparently symbolic, the elements fl- and -irt both suggesting sudden movement; compare with flick and spurt. The original verb senses were ‘give someone a sharp blow’ and ‘sneer at’; the earliest noun senses were ‘joke, jibe’ and ‘flighty girl’ (defined by Dr Johnson as ‘a pert young hussey’), with a notion originally of cheeky behavior, later of playfully amorous behavior.

词汇	flirt
释义	Definition of flirt in English: flirt verb fləːtflərt 1no object Behave as though sexually attracted to someone, but playfully rather than with serious intentions. 调情，卖弄风情 she began to tease him, flirting with other men in front of him Example sentencesExamples He flirts shamelessly and when he finally meets Katina, he doesn't necessarily flirt with her, but some of his quick-moving habits make it hard for him to really get close to her. Here are 11 warning signs of becoming over-stimulated and crossing the boundaries from flirting to overt sexuality on line. Laura rolled her eyes not knowing whether he was serious or flirting. ‘No tickling,’ he said, realizing a moment later that he was flirting with her; he hadn't even thought he knew how to flirt. We walk up front and not only is he doing some serious flirting with this beautiful girl, but she is flirting back with him. Results of this study show that females' greatest reported motivation for going to discos is to meet new people rather than to pursue sexual opportunities or to flirt. This personal interaction may range from flirting, dancing, and drinking to sexual intercourse. I happen to flirt when someone is flirting with me. He put his arm about her waist and drew her to him, attempting to kiss her neck but, for all her ability to flirt, Theresa was rather cold and did not share her body easily. Ana leaned over and whispered, ‘He's flirting with you, he normally doesn't flirt.’ He is flirting with you - clumsily enough for you to write to me to ask what the hell he means, but flirting nonetheless. It broke my heart, she was flirting with him and he was flirting back. During lunch or whenever Amy was with Alex, they flirted all the time and it was very frustrating to see the girl that was supposed to be ‘his’ flirt with someone else. To make matters worse, the last time he'd seen him, Cola had been flirting rather heavily with a muscular redhead. He tries to prove he can flirt well by flirting with the pizza girl, only to end up talking about gas and looking like an idiot because he actually doesn't know how to flirt? I survived a breakup along the way and found Mary, my own true love, which led to columns on flirting and younger women and my experience with in-laws. ‘Well you're obviously smart enough to manage that, you sound like you're doing better than great,’ she flirted playfully. Anonymous messaging and chat rooms let you flirt to your heart's content without any embarrassment or getting tongue-tied. You're good at flirting and teasing, and can be a real sweet talker. So what's the harm if I flirt with someone and they don't flirt back? Synonyms trifle with, toy with, tease, lead on, philander with, dally with, make romantic advances to, court, woo, vamp informal pull, chat up, make eyes at, make sheep's eyes at, give the come-on to, come on to, be all over dated set one's cap at 1.1flirt with Experiment with or show a superficial interest in (an idea, activity, or movement) without committing oneself to it seriously. （对想法、活动或运动）浅尝，粗浅涉猎 a painter who had flirted briefly with Cubism 一度对立体主义有过短暂兴趣的画家。 Example sentencesExamples I keep flirting with the idea of setting a novel there, and may do it one of these days. Strickland flirts with many visual ideas, but, unexpectedly, his work as a whole is based in nature. He too, gets the credit for the most unintentionally funny scene of recent times when he solemnly confesses Gracie is his biggest achievement and flirts with the idea of having a daughter like her. The movie flirts with the idea by introducing the threat of island natives who make human sacrifices, but then quickly drops it. Tredias flirted with the idea of seeking revenge against the elf king, but it didn't matter now. I've been flirting with the idea of moving towards Apple more and more. The pub rather reflects its Welling location cheap and effective but barely even flirts with the idea of sophistication. Though the title of this new exhibition flirts with the idea of schism, the truth is more banal. You all have flirted with the idea of playing pro basketball in the offseason. Johnson offers only grudging admiration for Cezanne, and he flirts with the idea that Picasso was a charlatan. Some Cabinet ministers have flirted with the idea of a ring-fenced or ‘hypothecated’ health tax. Other states will watch with interest at the impact in NSW and flirt with the idea of following suit. Briefly flirting with the idea of managing a Guatemalan mine, he prefers death to exile, and walks in front of an express train. He says he flirted with the idea of running for president for one month. It seems daft to me that anyone who so much as flirts with the idea of a career in education would fail to remember what they know about how teenagers behave. A time when we flirted with ideas that repel us in our adulthood. The best-case scenario is when inflation is neither so high as to impede economic efficiency and growth nor so low that the nominal short-term interest rate routinely flirts with zero. By contrast, Marshall at least flirted with the idea of state ownership of land. SP had flirted with the idea of simply running the engines backwards, but tender-first is no way to run a railroad. Too violent for kiddies, too unhip for teens and too puerile for everyone else, it flirts with every demographic and commits to none. Synonyms dabble in, toy with, trifle with, amuse oneself with, play with, entertain the idea/possibility of, consider, give thought to, potter about/around/round with, tinker with, dip into, scratch the surface of 1.2flirt with Deliberately expose oneself to (danger or difficulty) 故意使自己遭受（危险，困难） the need of some individuals to flirt with death 一些人对故意玩儿命的需要。 Example sentencesExamples Dennis, a member of the most successful popular music group in American history, flirted with financial difficulty. We want to see golfers that flirt with danger, that manufacture amazing shots when they look completely out of it. A tense-looking Henman, perhaps still dwelling on Friday's singles defeat, flirts with danger at 15-30 but finds his first serve at the crucial moment to escape. It tells the tale of speed fiends on motorbikes who constantly flirt with death and live life on the edge. As Tina becomes more involved in Carole's professional life, Carole begins to enjoy flirting with danger. Perhaps one of the dangers that the show flirts with is that an emphasis on visual rhyming may cause divergent works to look perfectly complacent. The Association of Pizza Delivery Drivers flirts with danger in 30 minutes or less. They like to flirt with danger, inventing the gamuts they will have to run. Yes, since November things have really started to pick up and they needed to because we were flirting with danger towards the bottom of the table. The second builds up to the climatic and dramatic end where Martin flirts with danger and then realises that he's placed everything he holds dear on the line. These acts, in which an individual may flirt with death, offer a sense of excitement. Moments later, Glen Johnson flirts with danger when he tackles an opponent on the edge of the Chelsea penalty area. That was one of the reasons why he was such a good editor: he flirted with danger all the time and wasn't one of those tedious executives who spends most of the day trying to mind his back. I couldn't even start to imagine how much it had to hurt for her to be watching her son flirting with death. It should have been a warning to the Jags, but instead they flirted with danger again on the restart and were fortunate when Novo nodded wide. This performance is not afraid to flirt with danger, stretching the boundaries of what is acceptable in drama and society to their outermost limits. He flirts with danger, walks the tightrope and sends the run-rate zooming with booming blows. Besides, I have flirted with danger countless times and I still live to tell the tale. In Malay, he flirted with danger, enraging the local sultan by falling in love with his ward. He liked to flirt with danger, and he wanted to get close to death in the hope that by doing so he might overcome his fear of it. Synonyms dice with, court, risk, not be afraid of, treat frivolously, make light of 2with object (of a bird) wave or open and shut (its wings or tail) with a quick flicking motion. （鸟）轻快地扇动（翅膀），摆动（尾巴） a moorhen stepped out of the reeds, flirting its white tail Example sentencesExamples Kymenos shrugged and turned back to grooming Sykeen, though in fact he got in only a few strokes with the brush before Sykeen danced sideways away from him, flirting his tail. The broad palms of his tail are flirted high in the air; then smiting the surface, the thunderous concussion resounds for miles. She kept expecting the elf-horse to object, but it only flirted its tail and stamped a time or two when Shara came too close. 2.1no object, with adverbial of direction Move quickly to and fro with a fluttering motion. 轻快来回摇晃（或摆动） the lark was flirting around the site 那只云雀绕着那个地方轻快地扇动翅膀，不停地飞着。 Example sentencesExamples Blackbirds flirt and do their mating flutter at the curb on Main Street. Shrill and soft old Autumnal winds blow and we are tucked below the shallow soil where seeds spring up and wither quickly flirting madly. noun fləːtflərt A person who habitually flirts. 惯于调情的人，经常卖弄风骚者 Jim was an outrageous flirt Example sentencesExamples He rolled his eyes at the female flirt and followed Michelle inside. It wasn't that she was a flirt, because she wasn't one, it was just that none of them ever seemed right for her. She has always been a flirt from the first day I met her and just because she was a little older, doesn't mean she has forgotten how much fun being a flirty tease can be. At first, we were just two flirts who saw each other once a week in a bowling league until one day he told me that his car was in the shop and asked if he could catch a ride with me. Yes, I'm still a flirt and a tease, but I only have one husband. Kyle had been an outrageous flirt ever since the boys had hit sixth grade. The best flirts have a positive outlook on life and are happy with themselves. Usually when it comes to talking to boys, he is the biggest flirt. For the record, the Australians were voted the best kissers, best lovers and best flirts. Libby was also one of the biggest flirts in the entire school. You are a fun flirt and an instant sweetheart, but our guess is you're becoming more selective about long-term love. I would be intelligent, charming, sexy, a huge flirt, with a sense of humour but a down-to-earth guy in touch with his sensitive side. His Franz was an incorrigible flirt, but not completely empty-headed or cold-hearted. She was exactly how he remembered her, how every man who grew up in the Glen remembered her: a flirt and a tease with a body to back up her confidence. This is what separates a good flirt from a great flirt: nothing will bond you more effectively than mirroring someone's behaviour. And Jacob, both the youngest and the tallest, is also the family flirt. That said, the only other possibility - and this one's a bit of a bummer - is that he's no more than… just a flirt. You know, you were always a flirt and a tease in high school. He's a big flirt so I can't tell how he feels about me. Leon knew firsthand what a flirt and tease Barbie was, she fooled with all the men. Synonyms tease, trifler, philanderer, coquette, heartbreaker informal puss, ladies' man vulgar slang cock-teaser, prick-teaser archaic fizgig, gallant Origin Mid 16th century: apparently symbolic, the elements fl- and -irt both suggesting sudden movement; compare with flick and spurt. The original verb senses were 'give someone a sharp blow' and 'sneer at'; the earliest noun senses were 'joke, jibe' and 'flighty girl' (defined by Dr Johnson as 'a pert young hussey'), with a notion originally of cheeky behaviour, later of playfully amorous behaviour. Like words such as biff (mid 19th century), bounce (early 16th century), flick [see fillip], and spurt (late 16th century), and many others often sharing the same sounds, flirt apparently arose because it somehow ‘sounded right’ to convey the idea it represented. In the case of flirt the elements fl- and -irt probably suggest sudden movement—the original verb senses were ‘to give someone a sharp blow’, ‘to move or propel suddenly’, and ‘to sneer at’. As a noun it first meant ‘joke, gibe’, and ‘flighty girl’, with a notion originally of cheekiness rather than of playfully amorous behaviour. Rhymes advert, alert, animadvert, assert, avert, Bert, blurt, Burt, cert, chert, concert, controvert, convert, curt, desert, dessert, dirt, divert, exert, girt, hurt, inert, insert, introvert, Kurt, malapert, overt, pert, quirt, shirt, skirt, spirt, spurt, squirt, Sturt, subvert, vert, wort, yurt Definition of flirt in US English: flirt verbflərtflərt 1no object Behave as though attracted to or trying to attract someone, but for amusement rather than with serious intentions. 调情，卖弄风情 it amused him to flirt with her 和她调情让他感到有趣。 Example sentencesExamples He tries to prove he can flirt well by flirting with the pizza girl, only to end up talking about gas and looking like an idiot because he actually doesn't know how to flirt? He put his arm about her waist and drew her to him, attempting to kiss her neck but, for all her ability to flirt, Theresa was rather cold and did not share her body easily. This personal interaction may range from flirting, dancing, and drinking to sexual intercourse. It broke my heart, she was flirting with him and he was flirting back. So what's the harm if I flirt with someone and they don't flirt back? Anonymous messaging and chat rooms let you flirt to your heart's content without any embarrassment or getting tongue-tied. I happen to flirt when someone is flirting with me. He flirts shamelessly and when he finally meets Katina, he doesn't necessarily flirt with her, but some of his quick-moving habits make it hard for him to really get close to her. Ana leaned over and whispered, ‘He's flirting with you, he normally doesn't flirt.’ I survived a breakup along the way and found Mary, my own true love, which led to columns on flirting and younger women and my experience with in-laws. You're good at flirting and teasing, and can be a real sweet talker. During lunch or whenever Amy was with Alex, they flirted all the time and it was very frustrating to see the girl that was supposed to be ‘his’ flirt with someone else. He is flirting with you - clumsily enough for you to write to me to ask what the hell he means, but flirting nonetheless. ‘No tickling,’ he said, realizing a moment later that he was flirting with her; he hadn't even thought he knew how to flirt. ‘Well you're obviously smart enough to manage that, you sound like you're doing better than great,’ she flirted playfully. To make matters worse, the last time he'd seen him, Cola had been flirting rather heavily with a muscular redhead. Laura rolled her eyes not knowing whether he was serious or flirting. Results of this study show that females' greatest reported motivation for going to discos is to meet new people rather than to pursue sexual opportunities or to flirt. Here are 11 warning signs of becoming over-stimulated and crossing the boundaries from flirting to overt sexuality on line. We walk up front and not only is he doing some serious flirting with this beautiful girl, but she is flirting back with him. Synonyms trifle with, toy with, tease, lead on, philander with, dally with, make romantic advances to, court, woo, vamp 1.1flirt with Experiment with or show a superficial interest in (an idea, activity, or movement) without committing oneself to it seriously. （对想法、活动或运动）浅尝，粗浅涉猎 a painter who had flirted briefly with Cubism 一度对立体主义有过短暂兴趣的画家。 Example sentencesExamples Strickland flirts with many visual ideas, but, unexpectedly, his work as a whole is based in nature. You all have flirted with the idea of playing pro basketball in the offseason. Too violent for kiddies, too unhip for teens and too puerile for everyone else, it flirts with every demographic and commits to none. He too, gets the credit for the most unintentionally funny scene of recent times when he solemnly confesses Gracie is his biggest achievement and flirts with the idea of having a daughter like her. Other states will watch with interest at the impact in NSW and flirt with the idea of following suit. Johnson offers only grudging admiration for Cezanne, and he flirts with the idea that Picasso was a charlatan. I keep flirting with the idea of setting a novel there, and may do it one of these days. The movie flirts with the idea by introducing the threat of island natives who make human sacrifices, but then quickly drops it. Briefly flirting with the idea of managing a Guatemalan mine, he prefers death to exile, and walks in front of an express train. SP had flirted with the idea of simply running the engines backwards, but tender-first is no way to run a railroad. A time when we flirted with ideas that repel us in our adulthood. Tredias flirted with the idea of seeking revenge against the elf king, but it didn't matter now. By contrast, Marshall at least flirted with the idea of state ownership of land. It seems daft to me that anyone who so much as flirts with the idea of a career in education would fail to remember what they know about how teenagers behave. The best-case scenario is when inflation is neither so high as to impede economic efficiency and growth nor so low that the nominal short-term interest rate routinely flirts with zero. He says he flirted with the idea of running for president for one month. I've been flirting with the idea of moving towards Apple more and more. The pub rather reflects its Welling location cheap and effective but barely even flirts with the idea of sophistication. Though the title of this new exhibition flirts with the idea of schism, the truth is more banal. Some Cabinet ministers have flirted with the idea of a ring-fenced or ‘hypothecated’ health tax. Synonyms dabble in, toy with, trifle with, amuse oneself with, play with, entertain the idea of, entertain the possibility of, consider, give thought to, potter about with, potter around with, potter round with, tinker with, dip into, scratch the surface of 1.2flirt with Deliberately expose oneself to (danger or difficulty) 故意使自己遭受（危险，困难） the need of some individuals to flirt with death 一些人对故意玩儿命的需要。 Example sentencesExamples The second builds up to the climatic and dramatic end where Martin flirts with danger and then realises that he's placed everything he holds dear on the line. He flirts with danger, walks the tightrope and sends the run-rate zooming with booming blows. It should have been a warning to the Jags, but instead they flirted with danger again on the restart and were fortunate when Novo nodded wide. The Association of Pizza Delivery Drivers flirts with danger in 30 minutes or less. That was one of the reasons why he was such a good editor: he flirted with danger all the time and wasn't one of those tedious executives who spends most of the day trying to mind his back. As Tina becomes more involved in Carole's professional life, Carole begins to enjoy flirting with danger. They like to flirt with danger, inventing the gamuts they will have to run. A tense-looking Henman, perhaps still dwelling on Friday's singles defeat, flirts with danger at 15-30 but finds his first serve at the crucial moment to escape. This performance is not afraid to flirt with danger, stretching the boundaries of what is acceptable in drama and society to their outermost limits. Dennis, a member of the most successful popular music group in American history, flirted with financial difficulty. It tells the tale of speed fiends on motorbikes who constantly flirt with death and live life on the edge. Besides, I have flirted with danger countless times and I still live to tell the tale. Moments later, Glen Johnson flirts with danger when he tackles an opponent on the edge of the Chelsea penalty area. He liked to flirt with danger, and he wanted to get close to death in the hope that by doing so he might overcome his fear of it. In Malay, he flirted with danger, enraging the local sultan by falling in love with his ward. These acts, in which an individual may flirt with death, offer a sense of excitement. We want to see golfers that flirt with danger, that manufacture amazing shots when they look completely out of it. Perhaps one of the dangers that the show flirts with is that an emphasis on visual rhyming may cause divergent works to look perfectly complacent. Yes, since November things have really started to pick up and they needed to because we were flirting with danger towards the bottom of the table. I couldn't even start to imagine how much it had to hurt for her to be watching her son flirting with death. Synonyms dice with, court, risk, not be afraid of, treat frivolously, make light of 2with object (of a bird) wave or open and shut (its wings or tail) with a quick flicking motion. （鸟）轻快地扇动（翅膀），摆动（尾巴） Example sentencesExamples Kymenos shrugged and turned back to grooming Sykeen, though in fact he got in only a few strokes with the brush before Sykeen danced sideways away from him, flirting his tail. The broad palms of his tail are flirted high in the air; then smiting the surface, the thunderous concussion resounds for miles. She kept expecting the elf-horse to object, but it only flirted its tail and stamped a time or two when Shara came too close. 2.1no object, with adverbial of direction Move back and forth with a flicking or fluttering motion. 轻快来回摇晃（或摆动） the lark was flirting around the site 那只云雀绕着那个地方轻快地扇动翅膀，不停地飞着。 Example sentencesExamples Shrill and soft old Autumnal winds blow and we are tucked below the shallow soil where seeds spring up and wither quickly flirting madly. Blackbirds flirt and do their mating flutter at the curb on Main Street. nounflərtflərt A person who habitually flirts. 惯于调情的人，经常卖弄风骚者 Example sentencesExamples The best flirts have a positive outlook on life and are happy with themselves. She has always been a flirt from the first day I met her and just because she was a little older, doesn't mean she has forgotten how much fun being a flirty tease can be. His Franz was an incorrigible flirt, but not completely empty-headed or cold-hearted. For the record, the Australians were voted the best kissers, best lovers and best flirts. You are a fun flirt and an instant sweetheart, but our guess is you're becoming more selective about long-term love. Usually when it comes to talking to boys, he is the biggest flirt. You know, you were always a flirt and a tease in high school. Yes, I'm still a flirt and a tease, but I only have one husband. And Jacob, both the youngest and the tallest, is also the family flirt. Leon knew firsthand what a flirt and tease Barbie was, she fooled with all the men. This is what separates a good flirt from a great flirt: nothing will bond you more effectively than mirroring someone's behaviour. At first, we were just two flirts who saw each other once a week in a bowling league until one day he told me that his car was in the shop and asked if he could catch a ride with me. It wasn't that she was a flirt, because she wasn't one, it was just that none of them ever seemed right for her. He rolled his eyes at the female flirt and followed Michelle inside. That said, the only other possibility - and this one's a bit of a bummer - is that he's no more than… just a flirt. He's a big flirt so I can't tell how he feels about me. Kyle had been an outrageous flirt ever since the boys had hit sixth grade. She was exactly how he remembered her, how every man who grew up in the Glen remembered her: a flirt and a tease with a body to back up her confidence. I would be intelligent, charming, sexy, a huge flirt, with a sense of humour but a down-to-earth guy in touch with his sensitive side. Libby was also one of the biggest flirts in the entire school. Synonyms tease, trifler, philanderer, coquette, heartbreaker Origin Mid 16th century: apparently symbolic, the elements fl- and -irt both suggesting sudden movement; compare with flick and spurt. The original verb senses were ‘give someone a sharp blow’ and ‘sneer at’; the earliest noun senses were ‘joke, jibe’ and ‘flighty girl’ (defined by Dr Johnson as ‘a pert young hussey’), with a notion originally of cheeky behavior, later of playfully amorous behavior.
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