playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest

of Flirt

Coquettish.

Jerking; darting about; giddy; coquettish.

If he comes over here flirting with her, what will I do, Therese? – Pixie O'Shaughnessy by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

He is not the flirting sort. – Love of Brothers by Katharine Tynan

Nevertheless it was plain that the notion appealed to her fancy, and that she would enjoy flirting with it. – Hilda Lessways by Arnold Bennett

I'll own I'd been flirting some with her, but she'd never done it if she hadn't been out of work, too. – The Portion of Labor by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

" It's me he was flirting with," she moaned. – It Happened in Egypt by C. N. Williamson A. M. Williamson

He put up his hands as though strumming a guitar, turned up his eyes languishingly, and hummed a flirting air. – The Desert Fiddler by William H. Hamby

Although Charles the Second, for instance, may have been great fun to know, and one would have enjoyed flirting with him, now that he's been dead and out of reach for ages, he's of no importance to me. – Set in Silver by Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson

Nothing could be more unlike a woman who had ever contemplated the ordinary " flirting" of society. – Christian's Mistake by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

You should have began at once by accusing me of claiming admiration, and flirting, and all that. – Janet's Love and Service by Margaret M Robertson

His " wife" was probably flirting with Sturgess. – His Unknown Wife by Louis Tracy

And flirting the fabulous bill before the eyes of the landlady, she nonchalantly let it flutter from the tips of her disdainful fingers. – The Salamander by Owen Johnson

She flirting with me? – The Bartlett Mystery by Louis Tracy

I do think it's a shame you should go flirting with poor Mr. Gilman when he's steering. – The Lion's Share by E. Arnold Bennett

Tell her you heard at Dungory Castle that he was flirting with other girls, that he is not worth thinking about, and that the Marquis is in love with her. – Muslin by George Moore

The young man's pretty well smitten with you, if I'm any judge, and if I should see Elizabeth at your tricks I'd say that she was something more than flirting. – Nobody's Child by Elizabeth Dejeans

But if you had been flirting with Mary, that might account for it. – The Window-Gazer by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay

But of fencing, flirting and book- writing, he soon got heartily tired. – The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Thomas Wright

Which makes life with him possible; it's like having two husbands, makes for variety and so saves me from flirting with other men. – The Bells of San Juan by Jackson Gregory

Jenny was flirting again- with both of them- perhaps with me also, for her side- glances in my direction challenged and defied my opinion of her proceedings. – The Great Miss Driver by Anthony Hope

She was not flirting with him. – Lord John in New York by C. N. Williamson A. M. Williamson