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# flirt

«flirt» in Mova's school dictionary: **someone who plays at liking another person to win their…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural flirts); verb (flirts, flirted, flirting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A flirt is someone who plays at liking another person to win their attention. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flirt/#m1)

2) To flirt is to tease or play with someone's feelings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flirt/#m2)

3) (old use) A flirt is a quick, light movement, a flick or dart, as of a young bird's wings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flirt/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales, a person who teases or plays with another's feelings; also a quick light movement

### examples

- He said to Mibrafruz: «Listen to me, you cruel flirt!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flirt/#x1)
- Fionn grew long and straight, with the flirt and spring of a young bird. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flirt/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «flirt» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flirt/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.