variants
or coquettes
as in flirts
to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun
a group of college students coquetting with each other at the beach
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flirts
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The award goes to – an intense mystery, set in isolation, that flirts with genre while creating something wholly on its own.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
23 Aug. 2025 -
Someone who plans extravagant dates and shows you off…but also flirts with others or lies about small things in ways that leave you second-guessing your worth.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Coquets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coquets. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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