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To talk to (someone) in a friendly, open, or casual manner, sometimes also in a charming or affected manner, usually to curry favor, and sometimes flirtatiously with the intention of establishing a romantic or sexual encounter or relationship with that person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
Examples
- Have you been chatting up my girlfriend?
- He spent all evening chatting her up.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
talk to someone with the aim of persuading him
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: persuade
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries
- My husband never flirts with other women
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: talk, speak
Narrower terms: wanton, vamp
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
搭訕 /搭讪
(dāshàn)
— talk in a charming manner
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Dutch:
versieren
— talk in a charming manner
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Finnish:
liehitellä
— talk in a charming manner
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French:
draguer
— talk in a charming manner
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German:
anquatschen
— talk in a charming manner
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Polish:
gawędzić
— talk in a charming manner
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Polish:
podrywać
— talk in a charming manner
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Polish:
poderwać
— talk in a charming manner
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Polish:
flirtować
— talk in a charming manner
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Portuguese:
cantar
— talk in a charming manner
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Spanish:
chamuyar
— talk in a charming manner
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Spanish:
camelar
— talk in a charming manner
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Spanish:
tirar los trastos
— talk in a charming manner
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Spanish:
echar los perros
— talk in a charming manner
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Spanish:
cepillar
— talk in a charming manner
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Spanish:
dar jabón a
— talk in a charming manner
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Vietnamese:
bắt chuyện
— talk in a charming manner
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Vietnamese:
thả thính
— talk in a charming manner
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Vietnamese:
tán tỉnh
— talk in a charming manner
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French:
emballer
— attempt to establish a sexual relationship
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French:
allumer
— attempt to establish a sexual relationship
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French:
draguer
— attempt to establish a sexual relationship
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German:
anbaggern
— attempt to establish a sexual relationship
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Polish:
podrywać
— attempt to establish a sexual relationship
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Polish:
poderwać
— attempt to establish a sexual relationship
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Portuguese:
dar em cima de
— attempt to establish a sexual relationship
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Spanish:
ligotear
— attempt to establish a sexual relationship
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Spanish:
tratar de ligar con
— attempt to establish a sexual relationship
