Flirt
Flirt , transitive verb
[Compare Anglo-Saxon 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. [Obsolete]
I am ashamed; I am scorned; I am flirted.
Flirt , intransitive verb
1.
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.
2.
To utter contemptuous language, with an air of disdain; to jeer or gibe. [Obsolete] — Beau. & Fl
Flirt , noun
1.
A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion; hence, a jeer.
Several little flirts and vibrations.
With many a flirt and flutter.
2.
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.
Flirt , adjective
Pert; wanton. [Obsolete]