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coquet
[koh-ket]
verb (used without object)
to try to attract the attention and admiration of men for mere self-gratification; flirt.
Synonyms: ,to act without seriousness; trifle; dally.
adjective
noun
Obsolete.a male flirt.
coquet
/ kəʊˈkɛt, kɒ- /
verb
to behave flirtatiously
to dally or trifle
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of coquet1
Example Sentences
I am yet vain enough to think I deserve it better than all those flirting girls you coquet with.
True, she coquets and makes eyes at everybody who looks at her.
Why is it that only the Pole fawns, only the Pole coquets?
It is a game that lures a man, it coquets with him, trifles with his yearnings and his hopes, and flouts him.
His wings moved so slowly he seemed to fly without pressure on the air—as slowly as a lady fans herself when there is no one to coquet with.
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