as in to flirt
to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun
my friends warned me not to frivol with that guy, as he was likely to take me seriously
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Since then, Arsenal has flirted with a series of agonizing near misses, most notably pipped at the post by Manchester City in the 2022-23 and 2023-24 Premier League campaigns.—
Aleks Klosok,
CNN Money,
26 Feb. 2026 -
Statewide, residential eviction filings were already flirting with state records by the end of last year.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Frivol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frivol. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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