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flirtship

flirtship noun: a friendship which involves flirting but that has not yet progressed into a serious relationship.

Noun

flirtship (plural flirtships)

  1. (informal) A friendship which involves flirting but that has not yet progressed into a serious relationship.
    • Drgnan suggested, "You might sit beside me instead of on me. My legs are falling asleep." ¶ "Okay," said Madigan, "is that one of your monklike secret sayings, in which you mean that you don't know how to go forward in our flirtship, or is it—"2011, M[atthew] T[obin] Anderson, Zombie Mommy, New York, N.Y. […]: Beach Lane Books, →ISBN, page 145
    • After weeks of the kind of "will they/won't they" tension that great television romances are made of, Tyler and Angela have turned their flirtship into a full-blown showmance on Big Brother.2018 September 6, Jack O'Keeffe, “The 'Big Brother' Showmance You've Been Waiting For Is Officially Official”, in Bustle, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2021

Forms of flirtship

pluralflirtships

Origin of flirtship

From flirt + -ship.

Questions about flirtship

What does flirtship mean?
Flirtship means a friendship which involves flirting but that has not yet progressed into a serious relationship.
What part of speech is flirtship?
Flirtship is a noun.
What is the plural of flirtship?
The plural of flirtship is flirtships.

Words near flirtship in the dictionary

  1. flirtinis
  2. flirtish
  3. flirtishly
  4. flirtishness
  5. flirts
  6. flirtship
  7. flirtships
  8. flirtsome
  9. flirty
  10. flisk
  11. flisked

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