单词 | to flirt a fan |
释义 | > as lemmasto flirt a fan a. To give a brisk, sudden motion to; to flick. Also with out, up. to flirt a fan: to open and close it with a jerk, to wave it smartly. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > move in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > move lightly or briskly > make light movement with frisk1665 flirta1706 flack1751 flicker1843 flick1844 the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > freshen (air) [verb (transitive)] > supply with fresh air or ventilate > wave (a fan) flirta1706 a1706 Earl of Dorset in Earl of Rochester et al. Wks. (1718) 63 Whilst you..Perhaps permit some happier Man To kiss your Hand, or flirt your Fan. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. l. 146 She..flirted her fan with such a fury. 1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph II. 62 One of the windows was already up, and I flurted up the other. 1798 R. Bloomfield Summer in Farmer's Boy 78 The small dust-colour'd beetle..flirts his filmy wings, and looks around. 1834 R. Mudie Feathered Tribes Brit. Islands I. 11 In those birds which have a habit of flirting up the tail. 1855 R. Browning Lovers' Quarrel x Teach me to flirt a fan As the Spanish ladies can. ?1856 F. E. Smedley Harry Coverdale's Courtship iv. 20 Harry again impatiently flirted the whip over the ears of ‘My Old Aunt Sally’. 1893 R. Kipling Many Inventions 229 He flirted the dinghy round the big ship. < as lemmas |
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