flirtation
Americannoun
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flirtations
plural
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the act or practice of flirting; coquetry.
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a love affair that is not serious.
noun
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behaviour intended to arouse sexual feelings or advances without emotional commitment; coquetry
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any casual involvement without commitment
a flirtation with journalism
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The next week I told a Gen Z co-worker about my flirtation at the hotel bar and admitted I wasn’t sure whether I was even ready to date or tell anyone my sad story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Now that the flirtation with Warner is over, the shares are worth a look.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
Across years, Reiner follows Harry and Sally from their first meeting during a long-haul drive after college through their reconnection and eventual friendship and flirtation.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2025
Jefferson carried on the flirtation following his emotional entanglement with Maria Cosway, a married artist and close friend of Angelica’s in London.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
They passed the voyage playing out this imaginary flirtation and, littie by littie, they began to believe it.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Anyway all the flirtations and memoranda came to nothing, as foreseen in these pages and elsewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Others dismissed Burnham's chances of returning to Westminster and said his flirtations with a leadership bid had been unhelpful for the party at a difficult time.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025
And despite numerous free-agent flirtations with his hometown Texas Rangers, he always saw the Dodgers as the best way to get there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025
On Lipa’s first two albums, she juxtaposed flirtations and breakups with thoughts about power and gender.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2024
As it was, Walter didn't initially think much of the flirtations of Karen Kelly, a young white woman he'd met at the Waffle House where he ate breakfast.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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