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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-hit on.ogg Forms: hits on [present, singular, third-person], hitting on [participle, present], hit on [participle, past], hit on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hit<,,hit> on}} hit on (third-person singular simple present hits on, present participle hitting on, simple past and past participle hit on)
  1. (transitive, slang) To flirt with; to approach and speak to (someone), seeking romance, love, sex, etc. Tags: slang, transitive Synonyms: proposition, come on, pass, make a pass Translations (to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.): tutmaq (Azerbaijani), 挑逗 (tiǎodòu) (Chinese Mandarin), 調情 (Chinese Mandarin), 调情 (tiáoqíng) (Chinese Mandarin), balit [imperfective] (Czech), sbalit [perfective] (Czech), flirtovat [imperfective] (Czech), lægge an på (Danish), iskeä (Finnish), draguer (French), cruiser [Quebec] (French), anmachen (German), anbaggern (German), την πέφτω σε (tin péfto se) (Greek), הִתְחִיל (hitẖíl) (Hebrew), mengorat (Indonesian), provarci con (Italian), 言い寄る (iiyoru) (alt: いいよる) (Japanese), 口説く (kudoku) (alt: くどく) (Japanese), ナンパする (nanpa-suru) (Japanese), いちゃつく (ichatsuku) (Japanese), 戯れる (tawamureru) (alt: たわむれる) (Japanese), memikat (Malay), pikat (Malay), sjekke (Norwegian), podrywać [imperfective] (Polish), dar em cima de [Brazilian, slang] (Portuguese), заи́грывать (zaígryvatʹ) (Russian), ligar (Spanish), echar los perros [Latin-America] (Spanish), tirar los tejos [Spain] (Spanish), meter fichas [Spain] (Spanish), insinuarse (Spanish), stöta på (Swedish), ragga på (Swedish), asılmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-hit_on-en-verb-6azvupGV Disambiguation of 'to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.': 88 9 3
  2. (transitive, idiomatic) To discover, pinpoint; to think up; to realize. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Translations (to think up; to realize; to invent): přijít na co [perfective] (Czech), napadnout [perfective] (Czech), vymyslet [perfective] (Czech), vymýšlet [imperfective] (Czech), keksiä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-hit_on-en-verb-N5mLlQfr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "on", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 72 3 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "on": 22 69 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 74 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 70 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 76 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 30 64 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 34 60 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 22 75 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 29 65 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 67 9 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 70 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 29 63 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 29 65 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 30 64 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 19 76 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 22 72 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 30 64 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 28 65 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 25 69 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 26 66 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 26 69 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 76 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 22 72 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 25 69 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 29 65 6 Disambiguation of 'to think up; to realize; to invent': 6 93 1
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hit, on. Related terms: hit upon
    Sense id: en-hit_on-en-verb-LsoIDcCG

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hits on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hitting on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit<,,hit> on"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "That's the third guy that has hit on her tonight.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Guys are hitting on them almost all the time.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003 September 23, Bill Amend, FoxTrot (comic):",
          "text": "Don Iguan: I have slithered the world over in search of beauty such as yours! Perhaps you'd like to come back to my lair this evening. I'll light some candles... put on some beetle music...\nMom: I'm married. Go hit on your sister.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Sheila Roberts, A Wedding on Primrose Street, MIRA, →ISBN, page 181:",
          "text": "Anne watched as he put an arm around one of the bridesmaids and gave her a decidedly ungrandfatherly squeeze while attempting to look down her dress, then proceeded to hit on the mother of the groom.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To flirt with; to approach and speak to (someone), seeking romance, love, sex, etc."
      ],
      "id": "en-hit_on-en-verb-6azvupGV",
      "links": [
        [
          "flirt",
          "flirt"
        ],
        [
          "approach",
          "approach"
        ],
        [
          "romance",
          "romance"
        ],
        [
          "love",
          "love"
        ],
        [
          "sex",
          "sex"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, slang) To flirt with; to approach and speak to (someone), seeking romance, love, sex, etc."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "proposition"
        },
        {
          "word": "come on"
        },
        {
          "word": "pass"
        },
        {
          "word": "make a pass"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "word": "tutmaq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tiǎodòu",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "word": "挑逗"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "word": "調情"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tiáoqíng",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "word": "调情"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "balit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "sbalit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "flirtovat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "word": "lægge an på"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "word": "iskeä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "word": "draguer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "Quebec"
          ],
          "word": "cruiser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "word": "anmachen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "word": "anbaggern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "tin péfto se",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "word": "την πέφτω σε"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hitẖíl",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "word": "הִתְחִיל"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "word": "mengorat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "word": "provarci con"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "alt": "いいよる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "iiyoru",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "word": "言い寄る"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "alt": "くどく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kudoku",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "word": "口説く"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nanpa-suru",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "word": "ナンパする"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ichatsuku",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "word": "いちゃつく"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "alt": "たわむれる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tawamureru",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "word": "戯れる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "word": "memikat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "word": "pikat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "word": "sjekke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "podrywać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "Brazilian",
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "dar em cima de"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "уха́живать (uxáživatʹ) (за (za) + instrumental case)",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "gender-neutral"
          ]
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "приударя́ть (priudarjátʹ) (за (za) + instrumental case)",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ]
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "увива́ться (uvivátʹsja) (за (za) + instrumental case)",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ]
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "ухлёстывать (uxljóstyvatʹ) (за (za) + instrumental case)",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ]
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "кле́иться (kléitʹsja) (к (k) + dative case)",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ]
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "(slang, of a first approach) подка́тывать (podkátyvatʹ) (к (k) + dative case)",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc."
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "подбива́ть кли́нья (podbivátʹ klínʹja) (к (k) + dative case)",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "slang"
          ]
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "пристава́ть impf (pristavátʹ) (к (k) + dative case)",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc."
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaígryvatʹ",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "word": "заи́грывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "флиртова́ть (flirtovátʹ) (с (s) + instrumental case)",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc."
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "word": "ligar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "Latin-America"
          ],
          "word": "echar los perros"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "Spain"
          ],
          "word": "tirar los tejos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "Spain"
          ],
          "word": "meter fichas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "word": "insinuarse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "word": "stöta på"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "word": "ragga på"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
          "word": "asılmak"
        }
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        {
          "text": "He hit on a great idea for improving the design.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "I think you've just hit right on the solution.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To discover, pinpoint; to think up; to realize."
      ],
      "id": "en-hit_on-en-verb-N5mLlQfr",
      "links": [
        [
          "discover",
          "discover"
        ],
        [
          "pinpoint",
          "pinpoint"
        ],
        [
          "think up",
          "think up"
        ],
        [
          "realize",
          "realize"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic) To discover, pinpoint; to think up; to realize."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 93 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to think up; to realize; to invent",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "přijít na co"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 93 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to think up; to realize; to invent",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "napadnout"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 93 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to think up; to realize; to invent",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "vymyslet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 93 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to think up; to realize; to invent",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "vymýšlet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 93 1",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to think up; to realize; to invent",
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          "ref": "1996, Global Journal on Human Rights Law, page 210:",
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    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Malay translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
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          "text": "Guys are hitting on them almost all the time.",
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          "ref": "2003 September 23, Bill Amend, FoxTrot (comic):",
          "text": "Don Iguan: I have slithered the world over in search of beauty such as yours! Perhaps you'd like to come back to my lair this evening. I'll light some candles... put on some beetle music...\nMom: I'm married. Go hit on your sister.",
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          "ref": "2015, Sheila Roberts, A Wedding on Primrose Street, MIRA, →ISBN, page 181:",
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          "word": "come on"
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          "word": "pass"
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          "text": "I think you've just hit right on the solution.",
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "word": "tutmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tiǎodòu",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "word": "挑逗"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "word": "調情"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tiáoqíng",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "word": "调情"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "balit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "sbalit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "flirtovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "word": "lægge an på"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "word": "iskeä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "word": "draguer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "Quebec"
      ],
      "word": "cruiser"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "word": "anmachen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "word": "anbaggern"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tin péfto se",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "word": "την πέφτω σε"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hitẖíl",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "word": "הִתְחִיל"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "word": "mengorat"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "word": "provarci con"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いいよる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "iiyoru",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "word": "言い寄る"
    },
    {
      "alt": "くどく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kudoku",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "word": "口説く"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nanpa-suru",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "word": "ナンパする"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ichatsuku",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "word": "いちゃつく"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たわむれる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tawamureru",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "word": "戯れる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "word": "memikat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "word": "pikat"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "word": "sjekke"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "podrywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "Brazilian",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "dar em cima de"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "уха́живать (uxáživatʹ) (за (za) + instrumental case)",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "gender-neutral"
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "приударя́ть (priudarjátʹ) (за (za) + instrumental case)",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "увива́ться (uvivátʹsja) (за (za) + instrumental case)",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "ухлёстывать (uxljóstyvatʹ) (за (za) + instrumental case)",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "кле́иться (kléitʹsja) (к (k) + dative case)",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "(slang, of a first approach) подка́тывать (podkátyvatʹ) (к (k) + dative case)",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc."
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "подбива́ть кли́нья (podbivátʹ klínʹja) (к (k) + dative case)",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "пристава́ть impf (pristavátʹ) (к (k) + dative case)",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc."
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaígryvatʹ",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "word": "заи́грывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "флиртова́ть (flirtovátʹ) (с (s) + instrumental case)",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc."
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "word": "ligar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America"
      ],
      "word": "echar los perros"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
      ],
      "word": "tirar los tejos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "Spain"
      ],
      "word": "meter fichas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "word": "insinuarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "word": "stöta på"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "word": "ragga på"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.",
      "word": "asılmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to think up; to realize; to invent",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "přijít na co"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to think up; to realize; to invent",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "napadnout"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to think up; to realize; to invent",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "vymyslet"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to think up; to realize; to invent",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "vymýšlet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to think up; to realize; to invent",
      "word": "keksiä"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hit on"
}

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