coquette
coquette is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A vain, trifling woman, who endeavors to attract admiration from a desire to gratify vanity; a flirt; -- formerly sometimes applied also to men. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A vain, trifling woman, who endeavors to attract admiration from a desire to gratify vanity; a flirt; -- formerly sometimes applied also to men.
- noun. A tropical humming bird of the genus Lophornis, with very elegant neck plumes. Several species are known. See Illustration under Spangle, v. t.
- noun. a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
- verb. talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
"The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"
"My husband never flirts with other women"
Synonyms
flirt, minx, prickteaser, tease, vamp, vamper, butterfly, coquet, dally, mash, philander, romance
Common word forms
coquetted, coquettes, coquetting
Words from these letters
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