flirtation

flirtation

English

Etymology

flirt +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flɚˈteɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

flirtation (countable and uncountable, plural flirtations)

1. Playing at courtship; coquetry.
   • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 4, in The Dust of Conflict‎:

     The inquest on keeper Davidson was duly held, and at the commencement seemed likely to cause Tony Palliser less anxiety than he had expected. Northrop knew all about Tony's flirtation with Lucy Davidson, but it also knew a good deal more about that lady than Tony did, and exculpated him.

2. An instance of flirting.

Related terms

• flirt

Translations

playing at courtship

Armenian: սիրախաղ (hy) (siraxał) Bulgarian: флирт (bg) m (flirt) Esperanto: amindumo, amindumado

Greek: φλερτ (el) n (flert), φλερτάρισμα (el) n (flertárisma) Scottish Gaelic: mànran m

See also

• roving eye

Anagrams

• filtration, triflation