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
Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2025
Columbus, Ohio, could approach its daily record high of 83 degrees Saturday, while San Antonio, Texas, flirts with a daily record of 93 degrees.
—Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
While Courtney flirts with tattooed store clerk Chad (Wolfhard), Norman and Neil meet a trouble-making (and territorial) phantom kid.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
On screen, the character of Grofield flirts with danger the way an artist flirts with an audience.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 9 Oct. 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
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
Reeves flirts with Michael Douglas territory in this Eli Roth erotic thriller that’s not especially good but is interesting as an acting exercise.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2025
Columbus, Ohio, could approach its daily record high of 83 degrees Saturday, while San Antonio, Texas, flirts with a daily record of 93 degrees.
—Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
While Courtney flirts with tattooed store clerk Chad (Wolfhard), Norman and Neil meet a trouble-making (and territorial) phantom kid.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
On screen, the character of Grofield flirts with danger the way an artist flirts with an audience.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 9 Oct. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flirts
Verb
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And, as the announcement teases with a lengthy pause, Jessica Lange is making her return to the series, after last being seen briefly in 2018's Apocalypse season.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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The show’s logline teases an ambitious group of friends navigating life and love in Los Angeles.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
31 Oct. 2025
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Throughout the film, del Toro flits and hovers between contradictory ideas, with the restlessness of the beautiful butterflies that Elizabeth, an amateur entomologist, likes to study.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
28 Oct. 2025
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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 people yearn for a man who dances (or endurance runs) through life.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
4 Nov. 2025
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It is aimed at combining the cultural influence of its host city with the daring fashion that dances across the pages of the magazine.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Think Judd Apatow flicks with Steve Carell and Seth Rogen, or sitcoms starring Charlie Sheen.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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Like a true professional, the actor quickly flicks the photo and extinguishes the blaze without ever breaking character — despite internally freaking out — to nail the perfect shot.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Flirts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flirts. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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