flirtation

noun
/fləˈteɪʃn̩/UK/flɚˈteɪʃn̩/US

Etymology

From flirt + -ation.

Definitions

  1. Playing at courtship

    Playing at courtship; coquetry.

  2. An instance of flirting.

  3. A period of experimentation with or interest in a particular idea or activity.

    • The elimination of vacuum-braked wagons would be slowed down, and the Western Region's flirtation with diesel-hydraulic locomotives was questioned.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at flirtation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at flirtation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at flirtation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA