jilt:

1. To deceive or discard a lover or suitor suddenly or callously.

2. A woman who drops her lover or suitor unfeelingly or capricously.

3. Obsolete, C17 ^th British term for a promiscuous woman or prostitute , derived from the standard sense of dropping a lover unfeelingly. See playgirl and prostitute for synonyms.

See Also: catch on the rebound

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