flirtation
Americannoun
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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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According to Segura, there was no flirtation in the early days, and he treated her with the respect he did any other fellow comic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Now that the flirtation with Warner is over, the shares are worth a look.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
Clearly, Mr. Carlson’s flirtation with Mr. Fuentes threatens to make the symptom contagious.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
Corn in a dip is always a flirtation — sweet, juicy, a little showy.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2025
Soon it would be the time for the young people, the time for dancing and flirtation.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
Stuart had to paint humility and self-effacement when his favorite clientele laughed at his jokes, drank with him and enjoyed his raconteur flirtations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The LA28 board’s executive committee unanimously voted to keep Wasserman as chairman, after reviewing known details surrounding his more than 20-year-old flirtations with Maxwell and his “strong leadership” of the Games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 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
Lola is a relative free spirit with an open heart but a sense of limits; Aimée’s performance emphasizes the essential innocence, or maybe insignificance, of her flirtations.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2024
She’s jealous that Peter confides in me and not in her, offended that Dussel doesn’t respond sufficiently to her flirtations and afraid her husband’s going to squander all the fur-coat money on tobacco.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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