flirty
English
Etymology
flirt + -y.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈflɜːti/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈflɜɹti/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ti
Adjective
flirty (comparative flirtier, superlative flirtiest)
- Flirting, or seeming to flirt.
- 2009, January 5, “John Branch”, in Bull Riders Wait All Day for a Few Seconds of Fury:
- A flirty woman in a straw hat slid through the crowd straight to Snyder.
- 2011, Trish Perry, Tea for Two, page 47:
- This was one flirty dress. Way too sultry for a first date, especially with someone she might have no real interest in.
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Synonyms
- flirtatious
Derived terms
- flirtily
- flirtiness