FLIRT, FLIRTATION, FLIRTATIOUS, FLIRTATIOUSNESS, FLIRTING
ADJECTIVES
► CLEVER aggressively flirtatious; promiscuous; said of a woman → 1931 Amer. dial.
► FEISTY ► FICETY acting so as to show off or drawn attention to oneself; putting on airs; flirtatious, saucy, tomboyish, of questionable morals → 1906 Amer. dial.
► FLIRTY-EYED coquettish, flirtatious → 1943 Amer. dial.
► FLY flirtatious or sexually promiscuous; wanton → 1880 US sl.
► GALLANTISH of women: flirtatious → 1791 Sc.
► MAN-KEEN strongly attached to men; flirtatious, libidinous; said of a woman → 1683
► ON THE MASH engaged in fascinating or flirting with someone → 1888 sl.
► TOYOUS inclined to toy or flirt, coquettish → 1592 obs.
NOUNS
► BACKCHAT sexual badinage, verbal flirting → 1963 Aust. sl.
► BEDROOM EYE, THE a flirtatious glance → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BUTTERFLYING a flirting → 1940s US campus sl.
► CANOODLE a dalliance; a flirtation → 1976 Amer. dial.
► COME-HITHER LOOK a flirtatious glance → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► COME-ON EYE, THE a flirtatious glance → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► COME-UP-AND-SEE-ME-SOMETIME LOOK a flirtatious glance → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► EYE, THE a flirtatious glance → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► EYE CHATTER a flirtatious glance → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FIKE dalliance, flirtation → 1808 Sc.
► FLAMIGIG a flirtatious or affected mannerism → 1914 Amer. dial.
► FLINK a pert or insolent kind of deportment; a conceited, jaunty air; a frolic, a flirtation; a good time, a ‘fling’ → 1882 Sc. & Eng. & Amer dial.
► FOXINESS flirtatiousness → 1990s US sl.
► GAMEY EYE a tendency to flirt → 1995 Irish sl.
► GOO EYES a flirtatious glance → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GOOGLY EYES a flirtatious glance → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► JOLLING flirting → 1960s S. Afr.
► LALLYGAG ► LOLLYGAG ► LOLLYGOG flirting, love-making → 20C sl.
► MASH EYE, THE a flirtatious glance → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MASHING courting, flirting → L19 sl.
► MONKEY PARADE 1. the evening promenade up and down a main thoroughfare by young people in search of flirtation → L19 sl.
2. an informal but regular event, in some public place, in which (generally) young people, intent on meeting and flirting with the opposite sex, stroll in couples and groups of friends to advertise themselves to others similarly engaged → 1914 UK sl.
► OGLE, THE a flirtatious glance → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► O.O., THE a flirtatious glance → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PASH EYE, THE a flirtatious glance → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► QUEENING courting women or girls; flirting → E20 US sl.
► TALKING SHIT any verbal by-play, banter between men, flirtation between a man and a woman, etc. → 1940s African-American sl.
► TALKING TRASH any verbal by-play, banter between men, flirtation between a man and a woman, etc. → 1940s African-American sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BABY VAMP a flirt → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BAGGAGE a playful term for any young woman; a flirtatious young woman → 1672
► BUTTERFLY a flirt → 1940s US students’ sl.
► CAKE-EATER a lady’s man; a male flirt; a wealthy young man, a playboy → 1910s Amer. sl.
► COKITTEN a flirt → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► CRUSHER a man who makes unwelcome advances to women; a rude flirt → 1967 Amer. dial.
► DANGER an aggressive flirt → 1993 Fiji
► DETRIMENTAL a male flirt → M19 sl.
► EYE GIVER a flirt → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► FANTIGUE a flighty, flirting girl → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FLIP a flippant, impudent, forward person; a flirt → 1915 Amer. dial.
► FLIRT-GILL a flirtatious or wanton woman → 1597 obs.
► FLIRTIGIG ► FLIRTIGIGGS a giddy, flighty girl; a flirtatious and wanton young woman → 1683 Eng. dial. & colloq.
► FUSSER a young man who frequently flirts and socializes with young women; a ladies’ man → 1898 students’ sl.
► GALLANTER a gallivanter, a flirt → 1846 Sc.
► GALLIVANTER an incurable flirt; a boasting fellow → 1882 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GAME MISTRESS a woman intent on amorous dalliance; a flirt → 1676 obs.
► GANK a flirt → 2006 Amer. teen & high school sl. (Bk.)
► GARRISON-HACK a woman who flirts indiscriminately with the officers of a garrison → 1876 sl.
► GIGLOT originally, a lewd, wanton woman; a strumpet; a loose or immoral woman; a flirt→ a1340 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GILL-FLIRT ► GILL-FLURT a thoughtless, giddy girl; a flirt, a tease, a wanton; a light or loose woman; a prostitute → 1611
► GILLIAN a woman, especially a young woman; a flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman → 1573 obs.
► GILLIAN-FLIRT a fickle, flirtatious, or sexually promiscuous woman or girl → 1593
► GILLIE ► GILLY a fickle, giddy, flirtatious, loose, or wanton young woman → a1529 obs. exc. Sc.
► LIGHT O’ LOVE a person who is fickle or inconstant in love; a flirt → 1586
► LOLLYGAGGER one who enjoys flirting → 20C sl.
► MASHER a male flirt; a philanderer → 1872 US sl. & colloq.
► PALAVERER one who palavers; an insincere (if plausible) speaker; a cajoling, wheedling, or flattering person; a flirt → 1788
► PLAYER a person who two-times or flirts → 1998 teen sl. (Bk.)
► QUESTING QUEEN a flirt → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► RATTLE-CAP a lively, thoughtless person; a chatterbox; a giddy girl; a flirt → 19C Eng. dial.
► RATTLE-HORN a lively, thoughtless person; a chatterbox; a giddy girl; a flirt → 1785 Eng. dial.
► RATTLE-PATE a lively, thoughtless person; a chatterbox; a giddy girl; a flirt → 1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► RATTLE-SCULL ► RATTLE-SKULL a lively, thoughtless person; a chatterbox; a giddy girl; a flirt → 1790 Sc.
► SCAMMER a flirt → 1989 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SCOUFF a male first, a philanderer; a giddy young fellow who runs from one sweetheart to another → 1825 Sc. obs.
► SIMPER-DE-COCKET ► SIMPER-THE-COCKET an affected coquettish air; a woman characterized by this; a flirt → a1529 obs.
► SPOON a person who flirts or courts → 1882 sl.
► TEEVOO a male flirt → 1824 Sc. obs.
► VAMP a woman who intentionally attracts and exploits men; a deliberately alluring woman; a seductress; a female flirt → a1911 sl.
► VAMPIRE a seductive female; a female flirt → 1903
► VEAL a young woman who flirts maliciously → 1920s US sl.
► VORIANDER a flirt → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► WOLF a man who is boldly flirtatious or amorous towards many women → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► WOLFESS a seductress; a female flirt → M20 US sl.
► WOMAN-CHASER a male flirt or seducer of women → a1300
► WOMANIZER a lecher; a woman-chaser; a male flirt or seducer of women; a whoremonger → 1626
VERBS
► ACT THE LINNET to flirt → 20C Irish sl.
► BUTTERFLY to avoid an exclusive commitment to one romantic partner; to dally, to flirt → 1893 obs.
► BUZZ to chat with, esp. in a cajoling or flirtatious manner; hence to court; also, to accost or proposition → 1866 Amer. sl.
► CARRY ON to be involved in a flirtatious or adulterous relationship → 1856 UK sl.
► CHAFF to flirt, to approach sexually; to ‘get fresh’ → 1970s S. Afr. sl.
► CHAT UP to talk flirtatiously → 1898 Brit. sl.
► CHUNE to talk to, esp. flirtatiously, to tell → 1968 US teen sl.
► CUT AROUND to flirt; to frisk about → 1843 Amer. dial.
► DO A NUMBER ON to flirt; to entice someone with sexual behaviour → 1979 sl.
► EYE-GAME to exchange flirtatious looks → 2003 Trinidad and Tobago
► FEIST to strut, to flirt, to move so as to drawn attention to oneself; to behave coquettishly or provocatively → 1931 Amer. dial.
► FIKE to flirt; to trifle or dally with a woman → 1804 Sc.
► FLINK to romp, to frolic; to flirt → 1908 Sc.
► FLUTTER ONE’S EYELASHES to behave flirtatiously, esp. in order to get something one wants → 1857
► GALLIGANT to play the hoyden; to flirt; to gallivant → 1825 Eng. dial.
► GALLIVANT to flirt, to philander; to act the gallant to → 1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GAME to amuse oneself; to play, sport, to jest; to indulge in amorous or flirtatious play → c1300
► GANK to flirt → 20C teen & high school sl.
► GENUFFEL to flirt → 1938 S. Afr. sl.
► GET THE MACK ON to talk seductively; to flirt; spec. as a pimp in order to recruit a prostitute → 1960s African-American sl.
► HUSTLE to flirt, to make a sexual advance → 2003 Trinidad and Tobago
► JAUL ► JAWL to have an affair with; to flirt; to ‘carry on’ → 1960s S. Afr.
► JEWLARK to flirt, to court → 1851 Amer. sl.
► JOL to have an affair with; to flirt; to ‘carry on’ → 1960s S. Afr.
► LALLY-GAG ► LOLLY-GAG to flirt, to court, to make love → 1868 US colloq.
► MACK ► MACK ON usually of a man, to speak flirtatiously or make a sexual advance to; to flirt with → 1968 African-American & teen sl.
► MAKE MAC WITH to flirt with; to come on to → 1989 Amer. sl.
► MAKE MARLOCKS AT to make eyes at; to flirt → 1863 Eng. dial.
► MESS AROUND to play sexually; to copulate; to flirt; esp. said of a married person → 20C US sl.
► MUG UP to flirt, to kiss → 1947 US sl.
► PANSY UP of a homosexual: to flirt → 1930s sl.
► PASH OFF ► PASH ON to flirt; to involve in heavy petting or even intercourse → 1920s US & Aust. sl.
► PAVIE of a man: to flirt, to dally with or pay attention to a girl → 1811 Sc.
► QUEEN to flirt → 1934 students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SCAM ON to flirt → 1980s US students’ sl.
► SHOOT ONE’S BEST MACK to flirt in the most seductive manner one can manage → 1970s African-American sl.
► SOUND to speak or inform; to tease someone; to flirt; to insult someone in a semi-formal quasi-friendly competition → 1959 US sl.
► SPOON to flirt with, especially in a foolish or sentimental manner → 1831 sl.
► TACKLE to court; to flirt → 1987 Trinidad and Tobago
► TORQUE to hit on someone → 20C Amer. campus sl.
► VAMP of a woman: to flirt, and otherwise employ an obvious sexuality to attract a male; to play the seductress → 1927 UK sl.
► WOO to flirt, to court, to neck, or persuade to copulate → c1100