draguer — meaning in English

English meaning

• dredge noun A machine or device used to scoop up material from the bottom of a body of water.
• flirt verb To behave in a playful, teasing way toward someone to show romantic or sexual interest.
• solicit verb To ask for or try to obtain something, often persistently or formally.

Senses

draguer is used for these senses in English:

• chat up (transitive, idiomatic) To talk to (someone) in a friendly, open, or casual manner, sometimes also in a charming or affected manner, usually to curry favor, and sometimes flirtatiously with the intention of establishing a romantic or sexual encounter or relationship with that person.
• come on to (transitive, informal) To make a romantic or sexual advance to.
• dredge To make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge.
• flirt (intransitive) To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way. [from 18th c.]
• hit on (transitive, slang) To flirt with; to approach and speak to (someone), seeking romance, love, sex, etc.
• pick up (transitive, and, intransitive, _, with on) To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation.
• put the make on (informal, transitive) To pursue with romantic interest, especially in an aggressive, sexually suggestive manner.
• solicit (transitive) To offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment.

dredge — full definition

1. noun A machine or device used to scoop up material from the bottom of a body of water.
2. verb To clear or deepen a waterway by scooping out mud, sand, or debris.
3. verb To bring up something unpleasant from the past, often followed by "up."

flirt — full definition

1. verb To behave in a playful, teasing way toward someone to show romantic or sexual interest.
2. verb To show a passing, casual interest in an idea or activity, without full commitment.
3. noun A person who flirts often.

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