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Definition: Flirting |
FlirtingNoun1. Playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "flirting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1765. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Flirting is often described as casual conversation with a romantic touch. But it need not be spoken interaction at all.Flirting is a way of treating serious things (such as sexual attraction or death) with an almost mocking or self-mocking air of ease. It can be either pleasantly diverting or wildly exciting, depending on the context.
People who flirt can speak and act in a way that suggests greater intimacy than is appropriate to the relationship (or to the amount of time the two people have known each other), without actually saying or doing anything inappropriate. One way they accomplish this is to communicate a sense of playfulness or irony.
Flirting consists of stylized gestures, language, body language, postures, and physiologic signs, some of which are also part of foreplay. Among these are (the Cultural bias here is specific to Western society):
- Winking
- Dilation of the pupils
- Slight, casual touches
- Smiling
- Sending and receiving notes, poems, or written music
- Singing or playing a musical instrument
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Flirting."
Synonyms: FlirtingSynonyms: coquetry (n), dalliance (n), flirt (n), flirtation (n), toying (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Endearment | Flirting; Verb: flirtation, gallantry; coquetry. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Flirting |
| English words defined with "flirting": Flirtingly. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "flirting": ARTHUR. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "flirting": Flirt. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | It's pretty late to start flirting with a discarded husband (Strangers on a Train; writing credit: Raymond Chandler; Whitfield Cook) Its like, its like flirting in code (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) | |
Lyrics | Both of us flirting around (HELP ME; performing artist: Joni Mitchell) Flirting and flirting (HELP ME; performing artist: Joni Mitchell) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Flirting with Danger (1934) The Flirting Widow (1930) Stop Flirting (1925) Flirting with Love (1924) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Three women in window flirting with three men outside window. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Flirting swans" by Jana Werner Commentary: "In Ka olina (a very nice place here in Hawaii) there are a lot of those fascinating birds, walking adn swimming around. It was the first time in my life, I saw black swans. p.s. levels adjustment with photoshop. Enjoy!." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| "Flirting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 90.98% of the time. "Flirting" is used about 122 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 90.98% | 111 | 30,796 |
| Noun (singular) | 6.56% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 2.46% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 122 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "flirting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | flirtim (flirtation). (various references) | |
Czech | flirtující. (various references) | |
Finnish | hakkailu (flirtation). (various references) | |
French | flirteur (flirt), flirt (flirtation), batifolage. (various references) | |
German | flirtend (flirted, gallivanting, mashing, philandering). (various references) | |
Greek | μ΄αρέσουν τα ξινά (be fond of flirting, have a roving eye). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מזמוז (flirtation, necking, petting, softening), עלוסים (love play, necking), התמזמזות. (various references) | |
Hungarian | flörtölés (philander). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | irtingflay.(various references) | |
Russian | заигрывание. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | flert (flirtation). (various references) | |
Spanish | flirteador (flirt). (various references) | |
Turkish | flört etme (flirtation). (various references) | |
Turkmen | nдz (coquetry, whim). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Flirting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: blirting, Filtrona, flarting, flinting, flitin, fliting, florting, flurting, flutring, flyring, flyting. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "flirting" (pronounced fler"ting) |
| 5 | -l er" t i ng | alerting. |
| 4 | -er" t i ng | asserting, averting, converting, disconcerting, diverting, exerting, hurting, inserting, perverting, reasserting, reverting, skirting, spurting, squirting, subverting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, squatting, squinting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: trifling. | |
| Words within the letters "f-g-i-i-l-n-r-t" | |
-1 letter: fliting, lifting, rifling, rifting, tirling. | |
-2 letters: filing, firing, nitril, riling, tiling, tiring. | |
-3 letters: fling, flint, flirt, glint, grift, iring. | |
-4 letters: firn, flit, frig, frit, gift, gilt, girl, girn, girt, grin, grit, inti, lift, ling, lint, liri, rift, ring, ting, tirl, trig. | |
-5 letters: fig, fil, fin, fir, fit, gin, git, lin, lit, nil, nit, rif, rig. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-g-i-i-l-n-r-t" | |
+1 letter: filtering, firstling, triflings. | |
+2 letters: airlifting, driftingly, filtrating, firstlings, flittering. | |
+3 letters: fertilizing, flichtering, forklifting, interfiling, refiltering, reinflating. | |
+4 letters: electrifying, fibrillating, fluoridating, fluorinating, frangibility, gratifyingly, infiltrating, interfolding, terrifyingly. | |
+5 letters: filibustering, fortnightlies, frighteningly, glorification, infuriatingly, overinflating, proliferating. | |
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