chat up

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verb

1. talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
- The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries
- My husband never flirts with other women
• Syn:
flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette,
romance, philander, mash
• Derivationally related forms:
masher (for: mash), romance (for: romance), coquette (for: coquette), coquetry (for: coquet), dalliance (for: dally), flirt (for: flirt), flirtation (for: flirt), flirting (for: flirt)
• Hypernyms:
talk, speak
• Hyponyms:
wanton, vamp
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Sam cannot chat up Sue
2. talk to someone with the aim of persuading him
• Hypernyms:
persuade
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody