chatting up
Pursuing through talk
Chatting up is flirtatious conversation aimed at sparking romantic or sexual interest: He spent the evening chatting up women at the bar.
The phrase is more common in British than American English.
It can also mean talking to someone in a friendly, persuasive way to gain favor or information: She was chatting up the doorman to get inside.
- smilePleased facial expression
- complimentWords expressing approval
- propositioningRequesting sexual relations
- flirtingPlayfully showing romantic interest
- banterPlayful, teasing exchange
charm · seduction · hitting on · grin · wink · come-on · first move · breaking the ice · pickup lines · conversation · attractive · wooing · pick up · pulling · liquid courage · Dutch courage · eye contact · sweet-talking
- flirtingpickup line, wink, winking, hair flip, flirting
chatting upignoring
Deliberately not noticing
snubbing · blanking · shunning · brushing off · avoiding
chatting uprejecting
Refusing to accept
turning down · shooting down · rebuffing · blowing off · spurning
chatting upinsulting
Showing contempt through words
putting down · dissing · tearing down · shutting out · clamming up
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