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Synonyms for flirt

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

2. Toy

dolly, play, toy

Noun

Other

jerk, chuck, sprinkling, rizz slang

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To throw (something) with a jerk or sudden movement; to fling.

    to flirt a glove, or a handkerchief

  2. v. 2

    To dart about; to move with quick, jerky motions.

  3. n. 1

    A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion

  4. n. 2

    Someone who flirts a lot or enjoys flirting; a flirtatious person.

    Several young flirts about town had a design to cast us out of the fashionable world.

Related words

Is a kind of
harlotize woo

Forms

Plural
flirts → hussies, minxes, vamps, vampers…
Past participle
flirted
e.g. flirted → coquetted, romanced, butterflied, philandered…

Example sentences

  • romance I have studied all the national Romance languages.
  • butterfly Ziri smiled as the butterfly landed on his finger.
  • twinkle The plane disappeared in the twinkle of an eye.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
flirtrising
romancerising
butterflyrising
coquetterising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
toy1
4 letters
play1, jerk1, mash1, vamp1, minx, rizz
5 letters
chuck1, tease1, dolly2, hussy2
6 letters
toying2, trifle2, vamper
7 letters
romance2, twinkle2
8 letters
coquette, galavant, coquetry
9 letters
butterfly3, philander3, dalliance3
10 letters
sprinkling2, flirtation3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dolly2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
flirter
Italiano
flirtare
Español
flirtear
Deutsch
flirten
Català
flirtejar