Flirt /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Flirted; p. pr. & vb. n. Flirting

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.

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. [Obs.]

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.

1. Pert; wanton. [Obs.]