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or frivolling
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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Powell doesn’t just mean that stock prices are flirting with record highs.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
25 Sep. 2025 -
Taylor and Pierre went Instagram official with their relationship in June 2025 after months of flirting with each other on social media.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Frivoling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frivoling. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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