COQUET - 7 definitions found
coquet v 1: 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, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) coquet I. noun Etymology: French, diminutive of coq cock Date: 1691 1. a man who indulges in coquetry 2. coquette II. adjective Date: 1697 characteristic of a coquette ; coquettish III. intransitive verb or coquette (coquetted; coquetting) Date: 1701 1. to play the coquette ; flirt 2. to deal with something playfully rather than seriously Synonyms: see trifle 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue COQUET A jilt. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Coquet \Co*quet"\, v. i. To trifle in love; to stimulate affection or interest; to play the coquette; to deal playfully instead of seriously; to play (with); as, we have coquetted with political crime. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms coquet v. n. Flirt, philander, make love, make a show of love, affect to be in love, play at courtship. |
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