flirt
verb (used without object)
to court triflingly or act amorously without serious intentions; play at love; coquet.
are flirting
-
present progressiveof flirt.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
America’s crude inventories are flirting with dangerous levels, while exports of gasoline and diesel hover near records.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
And now some private colleges, such as Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn., are flirting with $100,000-a-year price tags.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
Indeed, futures imply around a 70% chance the Fed is done tightening for this cycle and are flirting with the chance of rate cuts from May next year.
From Reuters ● Oct. 23, 2023
Hollywood is currently in stasis because studio executives are flirting with box offices built by derivative, A.I.-computed scripts—something that nobody, least of all consumers, desires.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2023
On the same principle some men—and they are not all anti-Prohibs either—will leave a beautiful and charming wife to mope at home while they are flirting with some female whose face would frighten a freight-train.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 by William Cowper Brann
