flirt

[flurt] / flɜrt /

NOUN

person who makes advances

Synonyms

STRONG

coquette cruiser heartbreaker operator philanderer player seducer siren swinger tease trifler vamp vixen wanton wolf

VERB

make advances toward someone

Synonyms

STRONGEST

tease

STRONG

banter coquet dally disport eyeball fool gam ogle philander pitch proposition

WEAK

bat eyes at come on to hit on lead on linger with make a move make a pass pick up wink at

Antonyms

WEAK

be faithful

Example Sentences

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The Nasdaq Composite flirted with a correction on Friday as the major indexes fell for a fourth week in a row.

From Barron's

Dow Chemical flirted with ruin because it won a bidding war for a competitor in 2008 but was left billions short at closing time when a Kuwaiti state company backed out of a joint venture.

From The Wall Street Journal

Elon Musk flirted with making a smartphone in the past, The Wall Street Journal has reported, though he posted on X in February, “We are not developing a phone.”

From The Wall Street Journal

U.S. stocks were flirting with a critical threshold on Wednesday that, if broken, could portend another 10% drop for the S&P 500, according to one technical analyst.

From MarketWatch

“The oil market is now flirting with the outer edge of disruption risk,” Stephen Innes, managing partner at SPI Asset Management, said in a weekend note.

From MarketWatch

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