flirt
意味
- 〈男女が〉ふざける;(…と)いちゃつく《+with+名》
- (考え・危険などを)もてあそぶ,(…に)おもしろ半分に手を出す《+with+名(doing)》
- 浮気男(女)
例文
As a young man he flirted briefly with communism.
若いとき彼はしばらくの間共産主義をもてあそんだ。
He flirts with every woman he meets.
彼は出会うどの女性ともいちゃつく。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
1553, from the merger of Early Modern English flirt (“to flick”), flurt (“to mock, jibe, scorn”), and flirt, flurt (“a giddy girl”). Of obscure origin and relation. Apparently related to similar words in Germanic, all of apparently onomatopoeic origin, compare Low German flirt (“a flick of the fingers, a light blow”), Low German flirtje (“a giddy girl”), Low German flirtje (“a flirt”), German Flittchen (“a flirt; tart; hussy”), Norwegian flira (“to giggle, titter”).