Coquet (Verb)
Meaning
Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- She would often coquet with the charming stranger at parties, but never took things seriously.
- At the bar, he loved to coquet with the bartender, ordering drinks in a flirtatious manner.
- The young actress coquetted with her co-star, but it was all just for show.
- He liked to coquet with the waitresses, making them laugh and blush, but he had no intention of asking them out.
- As she grew older, she stopped coquetting with men, realizing it was a trivial and childish behavior.