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флиртова́ть — meaning in English

flirtovat

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English meaning

  • dally verb To waste time or delay unnecessarily.
  • flirt verb To behave in a playful, teasing way toward someone to show romantic or sexual interest.
  • gallivant verb To roam about for pleasure without any definite plan.
  • Mack noun (slang) Someone who is smooth and confident at flirting or picking up partners.

Senses

флиртова́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • come on to (transitive, informal) To make a romantic or sexual advance to.
  • dally (ambitransitive) To caress, especially of a sexual nature; to fondle or pet
  • flirt (intransitive) To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way. [from 18th c.]
  • gallivant (intransitive, obsolete) To flirt, to romance.
  • mack (slang) To seduce or flirt with.
  • philander (intransitive) To woo women; to play the male flirt.

dally — full definition

  1. verb To waste time or delay unnecessarily.
  2. verb To flirt or engage in a casual romance.

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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