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FLIRT, v.t. flurt. [This word evidently belongs to the root of L. floreo, or ploro, signifying to throw, and coinciding with blurt.]

1. To throw with a jerk or sudden effort or exertion. The boys flirt water in each other's faces. He flirted a glove or a handkerchief.

2. To toss or throw; to move suddenly; as, to flirt a fan.

FLIRT, v.i.

1. To jeer or gibe; to throw harsh or sarcastic words; to utter contemptuous language, with an air of disdain.

2. To run and dart about; to be moving hastily from place to place; to be unsteady or fluttering. The girls flirt about the room or the street.

FLIRT, n.

1. A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion.

In unfurling the fan are several little flirts and vibrations.

2. A young girl who moves hastily or frequently from place to place; a pert girl.

Several young flirts about town had a design to cast us out of the fashionable world.

FLIRT, a. Pert; wanton.

1913 Definition
Flirt (flirt)
v. t.(?)
Flirt
[imp. *** p. p. Flirted] p. pr. *** vb. n. Flirting.] [Cf. AS. fleard trifle, folly, fleardian to trifle.]
  1. To throw with a jerk or quick effort] to fling suddenly; as, they flirt water in each other's faces; he flirted a glove, or a handkerchief.
  2. To toss or throw about; to move playfully to and fro; as, to flirt a fan.
  3. To jeer at; to treat with contempt; to mock.
    [Obs.]

    I am ashamed; I am scorned; I am flirted. Beau. *** Fl.

  4. To run and dart about] to act with giddiness, or from a desire to attract notice; especially, to play the coquette; to play at courtship; to coquet; as, they flirt with the young men.
  5. To utter contemptuous language, with an air of disdain; to jeer or gibe.
    [Obs.] Beau. *** Fl.
  6. A sudden jerk] a quick throw or cast; a darting motion; hence, a jeer.

    Several little flirts and vibrations. Addison.

    With many a flirt and flutter. E. A. Poe.

  7. One who flirts; esp., a woman who acts with giddiness, or plays at courtship; a coquette; a pert girl.

    Several young flirts about town had a design to cast us out of the fashionable world. Addison.

  8. Pert; wanton.
    [Obs.]

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