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frivols

verb

present tense third-person singular of frivol

as in flirts

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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flirts

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Between Jordan’s charm and Misty’s smile that only emerges around him, the film flirts with becoming a romantic comedy.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Hal flirts with Kerry; John has an affair with Zoe (Poorna Jagannathan), the wife of William Macon (Garret Dillahunt), a local cattle mogul whose compound has more high tech weaponry than a mere human would seem to need.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026

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