1
as in teases
to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun
the servers at that restaurant flirt with all the customers
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2
as in flits
to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements
lazily watched the butterflies flirting among the wildflowers
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Recent Examples of flirts
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
14 May 2026
One flirts and drinks and dallies and dances; the other is part child, part monk, his mantel packed with icons and crucifixes, his inner landscape a kind of mental Sagrada Família — a weird and extraordinary edifice constructed around the rigors and promises of Christianity.
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Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
As crude flirts with prices of $100 a barrel or more on the back of the war in Iran, could the US oil sector ride to the rescue of consumers?
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David Wethe,
Bloomberg,
13 Mar. 2026
In the visual, Faith is in a bar singing about and to her love interest, as Thornton performs onstage, flirts, and drinks his way through the night.
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Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
20 Aug. 2025
Kate Dingwall,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
From time to time the thermometer flirts with 70.
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Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
7 May 2026
Surrounded by honeymooners, June tries (and flirts) to reclaim her joie de vivre, while Lela is deep in the dark.
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Anthony D'alessandro,
Deadline,
6 May 2026
At a lawn party devoted to the game of cornhole, Clark flirts with Floyd’s wife and the two soon begin an affair, meeting for afternoon assignations at the local Quality Garden Suites.
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Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
There is a genre-bending western; two stories blend speculative details with realism to portray women planning their escapes; three stories spec-ify the only-daughter experience; and one story flirts with where to begin.
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Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
Throughout the episode, Rue also flirts with leaning full-on into religion.
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Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Apr. 2026
While waiting for flights to resume, Charli’s character Bethany flirts with the idea of blowing up her life by rekindling a romance with an old friend who owns a flower shop in Warsaw.
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Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
10 Feb. 2026
Delivered with an ease that flirts with comedy, it can be taken as humor punctuating drama.
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Jp Mangalindan,
Time,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
The hole’s narrow fairway flirts with disaster on both sides – water and super high rough.
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Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
14 May 2026
One flirts and drinks and dallies and dances; the other is part child, part monk, his mantel packed with icons and crucifixes, his inner landscape a kind of mental Sagrada Família — a weird and extraordinary edifice constructed around the rigors and promises of Christianity.
—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
As crude flirts with prices of $100 a barrel or more on the back of the war in Iran, could the US oil sector ride to the rescue of consumers?
—
David Wethe,
Bloomberg,
13 Mar. 2026
In the visual, Faith is in a bar singing about and to her love interest, as Thornton performs onstage, flirts, and drinks his way through the night.
—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
20 Aug. 2025
Verb
Dishes are custom made in Italy and flown over, wine flirts between old world Italian wonders and bottles from local makers.
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Kate Dingwall,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
From time to time the thermometer flirts with 70.
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Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
7 May 2026
Surrounded by honeymooners, June tries (and flirts) to reclaim her joie de vivre, while Lela is deep in the dark.
—
Anthony D'alessandro,
Deadline,
6 May 2026
At a lawn party devoted to the game of cornhole, Clark flirts with Floyd’s wife and the two soon begin an affair, meeting for afternoon assignations at the local Quality Garden Suites.
—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
There is a genre-bending western; two stories blend speculative details with realism to portray women planning their escapes; three stories spec-ify the only-daughter experience; and one story flirts with where to begin.
—
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
Throughout the episode, Rue also flirts with leaning full-on into religion.
—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Apr. 2026
While waiting for flights to resume, Charli’s character Bethany flirts with the idea of blowing up her life by rekindling a romance with an old friend who owns a flower shop in Warsaw.
—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
10 Feb. 2026
Delivered with an ease that flirts with comedy, it can be taken as humor punctuating drama.
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Jp Mangalindan,
Time,
27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flirts
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Wyclef Jean teases his upcoming album in a performance with Flavor Flav at Chez Vayner during the Cannes Lions Festival in France on June 23.
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The trailer teases Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the titular creature, who undergoes an intense transformation that leaves the townspeople terrified.
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As Photay, Shornstein—a master synthesist and producer—flits between atmospheric house, dubby breakbeat workouts, and chirping electro funk, building his songs’ arrangements into strange, angular shapes.
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Upstairs, a disco deep cut plays while Byrd flits about greeting everyone.
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Here, Matcha Milk toys the line between sweet and earthy, blending macadamia milk and vanilla with black tea and matcha accord.
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Iran’s flag before the 1979 revolution — green, white and red with a lion and a rising sun — flutters from many overhangs.
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Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel (center) flutters a Venezuelan and Cuban national flags in support of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in Havana.
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Runway, Pika, and a dozen others can produce footage that fools the eye on first watch.
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What fools these non-OpenAI mortals must be.
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Crook breaks into a jog, then darts between cars to reach her.
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This type dispenses altogether with nest-building and partnering and simply darts around squirting.
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Listen to the supple bass line, which dances throughout the song as its own character.
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This stubbornly optimistic place, where family after family scrapes and claws and laughs and dances their way to a better tomorrow.
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She is laid out on a gurney, breathing in and out as the nurse flicks the needle, shooting oxytocin, prostaglandins into her blood-stream.
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A little jump follows and the heel of your front foot flicks the ball into the air.
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“Flirts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flirts. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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