Read full poem →While the spread fan o'ershades your closing eyes;
Then give one flirt, and all the vision flies.
Thus vanish sceptres, coronets, and balls,
Dictionary Entry
A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion
Origin
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Common Phrases
. flirtflirt little
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Antonyms
Poetry examples for “flirt”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →street, and a girl with a gay spring hat and blowing skirts. The dust
and the wind flirt at her ankles and her neat, high-heeled patent
leather shoes. Tap, tap, the little heels pat the pavement, and the
Read full poem →Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore;
Read full poem →Where dead leaves rustle sweet and give alarm
To little birds that flirt and start away.