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coquet

name · noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈkɒk.ɛt/

1

name

Meaning 1

A river in Northumberland, England, which flows into the North Sea at Amble; in full, the River Coquet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A flirtatious female; a coquette.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A flirtatious male.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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4

verb

Meaning 4

To act as a flirt or coquet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

verb

Meaning 5

To waste time; to dally.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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6

verb

Meaning 6

To attempt to attract the notice, admiration, or love of; to treat with a show of tenderness or regard, with a view to deceive and disappoint; to lead on.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • November 26, 1725, Jonathan Swift, letter to Alexander Pope You [are] coquetting a maid of honour.

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7

verb

Meaning 7

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: chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquette, romance, philander, mash

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: talk, speak

Narrower terms: wanton, vamp

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French coquet (“little cockerel”), from coq (“cockerel”) + -et (“masculine diminutive suffix”).

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: koketti — a flirt or coquet(te)
  • Finnish: flirttailija — a flirt or coquet(te)
  • Bulgarian: кокетирам (koketiram) — act as a flirt or coquet
  • Danish: kokettere — act as a flirt or coquet
  • Finnish: koketeerata — act as a flirt or coquet
  • German: kokettieren — act as a flirt or coquet
  • Norwegian: kokettere — act as a flirt or coquet
  • Polish: kokietować — act as a flirt or coquet
  • Swedish: kokettera — act as a flirt or coquet