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
Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2025
Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
At home, Netanyahu openly flirts with annexing large swaths of the West Bank.
—Firas Maksad, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
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
Cee rarely flirts intentionally.
—Aj Mason, Them., 8 Aug. 2025
This approach flirts with sketch comedy stretched beyond its natural limits, but is fully validated in the form of Poorna Jagannathan’s Auntie Lucky, the Dars’ doting family friend who turns out to be a cold-blooded queenpin.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
Sabrina Carpenter flirts with country, and 12 more new songs.
—Adam Bradley D’angelo Lovell Williams Milton David Dixon Iii, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
This fragrance flirts more with vanilla’s warmth than its sugary facets and is heightened with amber, cashmere woods, and bitter, juicy plum.
—Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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
As if hinting toward the most logical endpoint of the premise, the script occasionally flirts with outright nihilism.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
At home, Netanyahu openly flirts with annexing large swaths of the West Bank.
—Firas Maksad, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
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
Cee rarely flirts intentionally.
—Aj Mason, Them., 8 Aug. 2025
This approach flirts with sketch comedy stretched beyond its natural limits, but is fully validated in the form of Poorna Jagannathan’s Auntie Lucky, the Dars’ doting family friend who turns out to be a cold-blooded queenpin.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
Sabrina Carpenter flirts with country, and 12 more new songs.
—Adam Bradley D’angelo Lovell Williams Milton David Dixon Iii, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
This fragrance flirts more with vanilla’s warmth than its sugary facets and is heightened with amber, cashmere woods, and bitter, juicy plum.
—Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 15 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flirts
Verb
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Phil initially teases Peter for being weak and effeminate.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
25 Sep. 2025
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Berger also teases the next two installments of this Demon Slayer movie trilogy and, yes, popcorn buckets.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The episode’s first half feels like the work of a misguided pest, and Beto’s filmmaking, which flits between several different styles and cuts between multiple angles sometimes within the course of one interview segment, doesn’t help.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Alex is a cop, and his partner, Dwayne (Brandon Jay McLaren), begins to tell him about how nothing ever happens in the town when Riley, a shoeless bloody escapee from the Tall Pines facility, darts into the road in front of their cruiser.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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In a surveillance video released by authorities, Robinson allegedly darts across the roof after firing the single shot, jimmies down to a ledge and jumps to the grass below.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The flame also dances back and forth for an even more convincing look.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Sep. 2025
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For the song’s visuals, the two stand above the empty swimming pool as a woman dances at the center.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The scene flicks to a flashback of Henry at war, which then switches to Henry in his previous timeline suffering from a nightmare.—
Lincee Ray Published,
EW.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Flirts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flirts. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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