coquet

American  

[koh-ket] / koʊˈkɛt /

verb (used without object)

coquetted, coquetting

1. to try to attract the attention and admiration of men for mere self-gratification; flirt.

   Synonyms:

   tease, dally

2. to act without seriousness; trifle; dally.

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adjective

1. coquettish.

noun

1. Obsolete. a male flirt.

coquet British  

/ kəʊˈkɛt, kɒ- /

verb

1. to behave flirtatiously

2. to dally or trifle

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Etymology

Origin of coquet

1685–95; < French; literally, cockerel, equivalent to coq cock + -et -et

Example Sentences

It is a game that lures a man, it coquets with him, trifles with his yearnings and his hopes, and flouts him.

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His wings moved so slowly he seemed to fly without pressure on the air—as slowly as a lady fans herself when there is no one to coquet with.

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With the pious she is pious, with the Liberals she plays the Liberal, she coquets with every party to maintain her influence as ex-ambassadress.

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It seemed to coquet with Dawe Armitage; to pour out its infinitesimal stars—-red, blue, green, gold, and amethyst—blazing, splintering, and coruscating to dazzle and bewilder him.

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Our young men are flimsy essays; old ones, political pamphlets; coquets, fugitive pieces; and fashionable beauties, a compilation of advertised perfumery, essence of pearl, milk of roses, and Olympian dew.——Lord,

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