flirt

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Flirted; p. pr. & vb. n. Flirting. ] [ Cf. AS. fleard trifle, folly, fleardian to trifle. ] 1. To throw with a jerk or quick effort; to fling suddenly; as, they flirt water in each other's faces; he flirted a glove, or a handkerchief. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To toss or throw about; to move playfully to and fro; as, to flirt a fan. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To jeer at; to treat with contempt; to mock. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I am ashamed; I am scorned; I am flirted. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To run and dart about; to act with giddiness, or from a desire to attract notice; especially, to play the coquette; to play at courtship; to coquet; as, they flirt with the young men. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To utter contemptuous language, with an air of disdain; to jeer or gibe. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion; hence, a jeer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Several little flirts and vibrations. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

With many a flirt and flutter. E. A. Poe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Cf. LG. flirtje, G. flirtchen. See Flirt, v. t. ] One who flirts; esp., a woman who acts with giddiness, or plays at courtship; a coquette; a pert girl. [ 1913 Webster ]

Several young flirts about town had a design to cast us out of the fashionable world. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Playing at courtship; coquetry. [ 1913 Webster ]

The flirtations and jealousies of our ball rooms. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A woman of light behavior; a gill-flirt. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

You heard him take me up like a flirt-gill. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A wanton, pert girl. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]