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COQUET
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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)
