Past tense of flirt
regular verb
The past tense of flirt is flirted. The past participle is also flirted.
Forms of flirt
| Base form (V1) | flirt /flɜːt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | flirted |
| Past participle (V3) | flirted |
| Present participle | flirting |
| Third person singular | flirts |
Flirted in a sentence
- Her skirt flirted around her knees like a flower petal.2012, Lenora Worth, Sweetheart Reunion
- Chatterer flirted his tale in the saucy way he has, and his eyes twinkled.1915, Thornton W. Burgess, chapter XXI, in The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company
- Natalie’s brown eyes looked into Jim’s blue eyes, and the girl and boy flirted.From the entry eye
- The three bored, interchangeable booth babes winked and flirted vapidly; he had already forgotten their names.From the entry vapidly
- There was this nice lady who flirted with me at the bar, but it turned out that she was a professional.From the entry professional
Meaning of flirt
- noun A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion.
- noun Someone who flirts a lot or enjoys flirting; a flirtatious person.
- noun An act of flirting.
Questions about the past tense of flirt
- What is the past tense of flirt?
- The past tense of flirt is flirted.
- What is the past participle of flirt?
- The past participle of flirt is flirted.
- Is flirt a regular or irregular verb?
- Flirt is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: flirt (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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