smirt
/smɜː(ɹ)t/
smirt verb: to chat up or flirt with (someone) while smoking outside a pub.
Verb
smirt (third-person singular simple present smirts, present participle smirting, simple past and past participle smirted)
- To chat up or flirt with (someone) while smoking outside a pub.
- Smirting - a cross between smoking and flirting - is already a huge hit in Dublin where the ban has been in place for two years2006 March 25, “BURNING PASSION IN CIGGIE SHELTERS”, in The Scottish Daily Record
- I have dated three guys that I smirted with, and one of them is now my current boyfriend.2007 July 2, Clover Stroud, “Smoke signals: new dating paths?”, in Daily Mail
Examples of smirt in a sentence
- Smirting is believed to have started in Temple Bar, Dublin, in 20042008 July 1, “Unintended consequences of the smoking ban”, in BBC NEWS:
- A new social practice quickly emerged called “smirting”, where young Dubliners smoke and flirt with members of the opposite sex2012, GN Connolly, “How Society Treats Smoking”, in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research:
Forms of smirt
| third-person singular present | smirts |
|---|---|
| present participle | smirting |
| past participle | smirted |
| past | smirted |
Origin of smirt
Blend of smoke + flirt. Apparently coined in Ireland following the ban on smoking in pubs.
Words that rhyme with smirt
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- pervert
- advert
- alert
- divert
- inert
- avert
- concert
- deconvert
- girt
- lirt
- shirt
- spurt
- subvert
- vert
- wort
- blurt
- chert
- curt
- desert
- dessert
- exert
- introvert
- Leaving Cert
- overt
- red alert
- sturt
- wert
- ambivert
- ambiverts
- apert
- Baie Verte
- begirt
- BERT
- birt
- dissert
- extrovert
- gert
- gurt
- insert
- Kurt
- pirate shirt
- poet shirt
- puffball skirt
- quirt
- reassert
- unalert
- unhurt
- wedding shirt
Questions about smirt
- What does smirt mean?
- Smirt means to chat up or flirt with (someone) while smoking outside a pub.
- How do you use smirt in a sentence?
- Smirting is believed to have started in Temple Bar, Dublin, in 2004
- What part of speech is smirt?
- Smirt is a verb.
- How do you pronounce smirt?
- Smirt is pronounced /smɜː(ɹ)t/.
- What is the past tense of smirt?
- The past tense of smirt is smirted.
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Source and license
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