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flirtation [flɜːˈteɪʃən] n
1. behaviour intended to arouse sexual feelings or advances without emotional commitment; coquetry 2. any casual involvement without commitment a flirtation with journalism ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
flirtation noun teasing, philandering, dalliance, coquetry, toying, intrigue, trifling She was aware of his attempts at flirtation. Quotations "Merely innocent flirtation," "Not quite adultery, but adulteration" [Lord Byron Don Juan] "Coquetry whets the appetite; flirtation depraves it. Coquetry is the thorn that guards the rose - easily trimmed off when once plucked. Flirtation is like the slime on water-plants, making them hard to handle, and when caught, only to be cherished in slimy waters" [Donald Grant Mitchell Reveries of a Bachelor] "Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?" [Mae West Diamond Lil] Translations How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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You may imagine the young people brushed up after the labours of the day, and making this novelty, as they would make any novelty, the excuse for walking together and enjoying a trivial flirtation. I have avoided all general flirtation whatever; I have distinguished no creature besides, of all the numbers resorting hither, except Sir James Martin, on whom I bestowed a little notice, in order to detach him from Miss Mainwaring; but, if the world could know my motive THERE they would honour me. But her mother heard, and Joan's simple vanity, having been denied the hope of a dashing marriage, fed itself as well as it could upon the sensation of a dashing flirtation. |
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