flirts

Meaning of flirts

verb, 3rd person present
  1. behave as though sexually attracted to someone, but playfully rather than with serious intentions.
    she began to tease him, flirting with other men in front of him
  2. (of a bird) wave or open and shut (its wings or tail) with a quick flicking motion.
    a moorhen stepped out of the reeds, flirting its white tail
plural noun
  1. a person who habitually flirts.
    Jim was an outrageous flirt

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.

Information about flirts

Hyphenation of flirts

flirts

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • flirts is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

flirts synonyms

Meaning make fun of or attempt to provoke (a person or animal) in a playful way:

tease

Meaning be involved with (someone) romantically, with the intention of marrying:

court

Meaning seek the favour, support, or custom of:

woo

Meaning exert force on (someone or something) so as to cause movement towards oneself:

pull

Meaning repair or improve something:

vamp

Meaning a flirtatious woman:

coquette

Meaning a person who is very attractive but who is irresponsible in emotional relationships:

heartbreaker

Meaning a man who readily or frequently enters into casual sexual relationships with women; a womanizer:

philanderer

Meaning a woman who seduces someone, especially one who entices a man into sexual activity:

seductress

Meaning a woman who is considered to be alluring or fascinating but also dangerous in some way:

siren

Meaning a woman who uses magic to put someone or something under a spell:

enchantress

Meaning a female sorcerer; a witch:

sorceress

Meaning a silly or flirtatious young woman:

fizgig

Meaning a man who is charmingly attentive to women:

gallant

Words that rhyme with flirts

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