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flirtatious
adj. coquettish, vampish, seductive, flirty, coy, philandering,
provocative, enticing, alluring, amorous, come-hither: They
exchanged many flirtatious looks across the table.
flit v. move, go, fly, flee, dart, skip, skim, flick, hop, whisk,
flutter, flash: As a bee flits from flower to flower, she flits
from man to man.
float v. 1 hover, poise, bob, waft, be suspended, hang; sail, drift,
glide, swim: In the clear Caribbean waters, the boat seemed to
float in mid-air. 2 launch, establish, set up, organize, found,
initiate, get going or moving: The financiers are trying to
float a new company. 3 negotiate, arrange, transact, bring or
carry off, get, effect, consummate, Colloq pull off, swing:
Were you able to float a loan on your house?
--n. 4 raft, Brit platform: I can swim out to the float. 5
buoy; pontoon: The bridge is supported by floats. 6 (parade)
exhibit or display: Our parade float won first prize.
flock n. 1 body, company, group, band, pack, bunch, troop, set,
collection, assembly, convoy, gathering, congregation, crowd,
mass, mob, throng, gang, multitude, number, quantity, host,
horde, swarm, drove; herd, flight, troupe, fleet, school; bevy:
A huge flock of buyers sought bargains in the post-Christmas
sales.
--v. 2 assemble, meet, collect, gather, come or go together,
congregate, crowd, mass, mob, throng, pour, flood, swarm, herd
(together), band together, go: People flocked around the
speaker.
flog v. 1 whip, lash, horsewhip, strap, flagellate, flay, scourge,
thrash, thresh, beat; chastise, castigate, punish: He will be
flogged, then drawn and quartered. He was flogged for stealing a
loaf of bread. 2 sell; promote, publicize: Her latest job is
flogging encyclopedias door-to-door.
flood n. 1 inundation, deluge, overflow(ing), d‚bƒcle: The hurricane
was accompanied by a devastating flood. 2 torrent, cataract,
freshet, overflow, stream, spate: A flood of lava poured down
the mountain. 3 abundance, deluge, overflowing, surge,