frivoling

variants or frivolling
present participle of frivol
as in flirting
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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flirting
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  • Emmett was falsely accused of flirting and making advances at Bryant Donham.
    Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Yet, for whatever reason, many Americans can’t stop flirting with pessimism.
    Norbert Michel, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Frivoling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frivoling. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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