verb
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to behave flirtatiously
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to dally or trifle
Etymology
Origin of coquet
1685–95; < French; literally, cockerel, equivalent to coq cock + -et -et
Example Sentences
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The farms and cottages of the Upper Coquet valley in Northumberland have always been off grid, reliant on noisy expensive generators.
From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025
"The immune systems of wildling mice better represent the human immune system and so we hope that they can bring us closer to the truth of how microbes act upon the body," says Jonathan Coquet.
From Science Daily • Sep. 29, 2023
“There has to be an end to this fraud,” Pascal Coquet, president of the National Scallop Fishermen’s Committee said.
From Reuters • Oct. 28, 2021
They race on Thursday at Goodwood where Coquet can win the feature race at 3.45.
From The Guardian • May 24, 2012
On one side, in the same golden light, the name of Isaline Coquet smiled in sky-blue letters.
From The Choice of Life by Leblanc, Georgette
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