flirt

3 definitions • 4 examples

to behave as if sexually attracted to someone, although not seriously:

flirt with Christina was flirting with just about every man in the room.

someone who behaves as if they are sexually attracted to a lot of people:

He's a compulsive flirt.

to behave as if you are interested in someone, in a not serious way:

They were flirting with each other at the party.

fig. If he gets deeper into debt, he’s flirting with disaster (= he is risking very bad trouble).