Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Ireland, UK)To chat up or flirt with (someone) while smoking outside a pub.

Origin

Blend of smoke + flirt. Apparently coined in Ireland following the ban on smoking in pubs.

Blend of smoke + flirt. Apparently coined in Ireland following the ban on smoking in pubs.

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Forms

smirts, smirting, smirted, smirted
Base formsmirt · to smirt
3rd person singularsmirts
Present participlesmirting
Past simplesmirted
Past participlesmirted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysmirt
he, she, itsmirts

Past simpleLesson

all personssmirted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave smirted
he, she, ithas smirted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill smirt

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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