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flirt

 
/flɜrt/ v [I]

Definition

to behave as if you are interested in someone, in a not serious way: They were flirting with each other at the party. fig. If he gets deeper into debt, he’s flirting with disaster (= he is risking very bad trouble). flirt
 
/flɜrt/ n [C]
He’s a shameless flirt.
(Definition of flirt v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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