Flurt vs. Flirt

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  • Flurt (noun)

    archaic form of flirt

  • Flurt (verb)

    archaic form of flirt

  • Flirt (noun)

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

  • Flirt (noun)

    One who flirts (tries to court).

  • Flirt (noun)

    An act of flirting.

  • Flirt (verb)

    To throw (something) with a jerk or sudden movement; to fling. from 16th c.

    “They flirt water in each other’s faces.”

    “to flirt a glove, or a handkerchief”

  • Flirt (verb)

    To jeer at; to mock. 16th-18th c.

  • Flirt (verb)

    To dart about; to move with quick, jerky motions. from 16th c.

  • Flirt (verb)

    To blurt out. from 17th c.

  • Flirt (verb)

    To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way. from 18th c.

  • Flirt (verb)

    To experiment, or tentatively engage, with; to become involved in passing with.

  • Flirt (adjective)

    pert; wanton

Wiktionary
  • Flirt (verb)

    behave as though sexually attracted to someone, but playfully rather than with serious intentions

    “she began to tease him, flirting with other men in front of him”

  • Flirt (verb)

    experiment with or show a superficial interest in (an idea, activity, or movement) without committing oneself to it seriously

    “a painter who had flirted briefly with Cubism”

  • Flirt (verb)

    deliberately expose oneself to (danger or difficulty)

    “the need of some individuals to flirt with death”

  • Flirt (verb)

    (of a bird) wave or open and shut (its wings or tail) with a quick flicking motion

    “a moorhen stepped out of the reeds, flirting its white tail”

  • Flirt (verb)

    move quickly to and fro with a fluttering motion

    “the lark was flirting around the site”

  • Flirt (noun)

    a person who habitually flirts

    “Jim was an outrageous flirt”

Oxford Dictionary

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