as in flirting
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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Saturday looks like the peak, with some eastern neighborhoods potentially flirting with 80 before the sea breeze starts pushing back in late.—
Greg Porter,
San Francisco Chronicle,
3 Apr. 2026 -
At the same time, flirting with fragmented opposition figures who lack organization inside Iran is not a serious policy.—
Kazem Kazerounian,
Hartford Courant,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Coquetting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coquetting. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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