flirt vs glimpse

flirt

noun
  • A tentative or brief, passing engagement with something. 

  • Someone who flirts a lot or enjoys flirting; a flirtatious person. 

  • A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion 

  • A brief shower (of rain or snow). 

  • An act of flirting. 

adj
  • Flirtatious. 

verb
  • To blurt out. 

  • To throw (something) with a jerk or sudden movement; to fling. 

  • To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way. 

  • To experiment, or tentatively engage, with; to become involved in passing with. 

  • To dart about; to move with quick, jerky motions. 

glimpse

noun
  • A faint idea; an inkling. 

  • A brief look, glance, or peek. 

  • A sudden flash. 

verb
  • To see or view briefly or incompletely. 

  • To appear by glimpses. 

How often have the words flirt and glimpse occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )