English Dictionary

flirt

/flɜːt/

verb

(transitive) To throw (something) with a jerk or sudden movement; to fling. / (archaic, intransitive) To jeer at; to mock. / (intransitive) To dart about; to move with quick, jerky motions.

She likes to flirt with him at parties.

意味（1）

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

They flirt water in each other's faces.

意味（2）

(archaic, intransitive) To jeer at; to mock.

I am ashamed; I am scorned; I am flirted.

意味（3）

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

Her skirt flirted around her knees like a flower petal.

意味（4）

(transitive) To blurt out.

Chatterer flirted his tale in the saucy way he has, and his eyes twinkled.

意味（5）

(intransitive) To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way.

Of course, the young people flirted, for that diversion is apparently irradicable even in the best society.

意味（6）

(intransitive) To experiment, or tentatively engage, with; to become involved in passing with.

I've thrown away my reputation, self-respect, money, health and happiness through the use of drugs and alcohol; I can teach her how fragile a reputation is, how a fool and their money are soon parted, and how dangerous it is to flirt with drugs.