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COQUET

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: coquetted    , coquetting   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

Example:

My husband never flirts with other women

Synonyms:

butterfly; chat up; coquet; coquette; dally; flirt; mash; philander; romance

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "coquet" is one way to...):

speak; talk (exchange thoughts; talk with)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "coquet"):

wanton (engage in amorous play)

vamp (act seductively with (someone))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

coquetry (playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest)

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