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Coquetting

Coquet \Co*quet"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coquetted; p. pr. & vb. n. Coquetting.] To attempt to attract the notice, admiration, or love of; to treat with a show of tenderness or regard, with a view to deceive and disappoint.

You are coquetting a maid of honor.
--Swift.

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coquetting

n. coquetry vb. (present participle of coquet English)

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coquetting

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coquet
  1. v. talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women" [syn: chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquette, romance, philander, mash]

  2. [also: coquetting, coquetted]

Usage examples of "coquetting".

You understanding me, me understanding you, no coquetting, no games, no playing.

The sick man's watchers were coquetting with some one who stood in the little court-yard five stories below.

The trivial commonness was gone from her coquetting shoulders and drooping eyelids.

Trees like tall, languid ladies with feather fans coquetting airily with the ugly roof of the monastery.

The skilled coquetting of the Government Has nearly won you from old fellowship!

Out of the corner of his eye he had seen her coquetting with the fancy young men of the court.