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as in toyed
to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun
the servers at that restaurant flirt with all the customers
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as in flitted
to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements
lazily watched the butterflies flirting among the wildflowers
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Recent Examples of flirted
Koufax had flirted with pitching greatness.
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Steve Futterman, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
The company flirted with bankruptcy.
—Kyle Westaway, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The Angels flirted with a series sweep to cap their 10-game road trip, but they were denied by a clutch swing from an All-Star.
—Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
Earlier that month, Lopez went to Egypt and flirted with wearing even higher heels.
—Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Trump, after all, flirted with bombing cartel fentanyl labs in Mexico during his first term.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
Prestige filmmakers Luca Guadagnino (Challengers) and Kristoffer Borgli (Dream Scenario) both flirted with directing the project for a time.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2025
Young flirted harder with a perfect game than any pitcher has this season, stunning a crowd of 33,654 that included many family and friends from his hometown of Lumberton, Texas.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
However, the return of Winter on the Rocks, which started in 2012, also shows that the season has perpetually flirted with the year-round mark.
—John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2025
Steve Futterman, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
The company flirted with bankruptcy.
—Kyle Westaway, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The Angels flirted with a series sweep to cap their 10-game road trip, but they were denied by a clutch swing from an All-Star.
—Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
Earlier that month, Lopez went to Egypt and flirted with wearing even higher heels.
—Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Trump, after all, flirted with bombing cartel fentanyl labs in Mexico during his first term.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
Prestige filmmakers Luca Guadagnino (Challengers) and Kristoffer Borgli (Dream Scenario) both flirted with directing the project for a time.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2025
Young flirted harder with a perfect game than any pitcher has this season, stunning a crowd of 33,654 that included many family and friends from his hometown of Lumberton, Texas.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
However, the return of Winter on the Rocks, which started in 2012, also shows that the season has perpetually flirted with the year-round mark.
—John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flirted
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Nevertheless, he's repeatedly toyed openly about the idea of running again in 2028.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
20 Aug. 2025
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According to Wolpe, Billie toyed around with the placement of their bush on the terracotta planter in the shape of a woman in a sports bra and ponytail.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
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Aronofsky has, since the grittiness of Pi and Requiem for a Dream, flitted with alacrity from genre to genre, trying his hand at biblical epics (Noah) and claustrophobic dramas (The Whale).—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
29 Aug. 2025
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Nine flies flitted about the place, three of which flew around utensils in kitchen storage.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
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The announcement was made during a special episode of Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast, which previously teased the shakeup in an Instagram post the night prior.—
Kelsie Gibson,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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Of all the elements of their final fight teased in the show’s opening sequence, only the pool and the bloodied heel are of consequence.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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His eyes darted around, finding nowhere to rest.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
13 Sep. 2025
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Some attendees darted to a nearby building and ran through a water fountain to escape.—
Rachel Wolf , Pilar Arias,
FOXNews.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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In the Lower West Side of Chicago, music blared and green, white and red flags fluttered down the streets of the predominantly Latino Pilsen neighborhood on Saturday as crowds gathered for the start of Mexican Independence Day celebrations.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
7 Sep. 2025
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Their tops and Tate’s hair fluttered in the breeze of a wind machine absurdly cranked up to Stage 4 hurricane levels.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
4 Sep. 2025
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Hurricanes explained by Ginger Zee Don't be fooled by the lack of tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Basin.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
10 Sep. 2025
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After driving his team to the 1-yard line, Fields fooled the entire Steelers defense on a fourth down, faking a handoff and then high-stepping into the end zone untouched to take a 32-31 lead.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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There was a whole movie where a dead man danced for 90 minutes.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
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It's being reported that this demon who danced on Charlie Kirk's grave has been expelled from Texas Tech.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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Without appearing to look, Rogers flicked the ball round the corner, straight into the path of Madueke running in behind, cutting inwards from the right.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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Aniston’s new haircut incorporates more length and less volume, features a sleek root base, and focuses on the feathery, flicked ends of the original cut.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
10 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Flirted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flirted. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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