Definition of tease Tease
/tiˈz/ - [teez] - tease
We found 31 definitions of tease from 6 different sources.
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NounPlural: teases |
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| tease - someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) | ||
| teaser, annoyer, vexer | ||
| unwelcome person, persona non grata a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome | ||
| tease - the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances; "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was gentle but persistent" | ||
| teasing, ribbing, tantalization | ||
| harassment, molestation the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism | ||
| tease - a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men | ||
| coquette, flirt, vamp, vamper, minx, prickteaser | ||
| adult female, woman an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted" | ||
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| tease - harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" | ||
| razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride | ||
| bemock, mock treat with contempt; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles" | ||
| jeer, flout, gibe, scoff, barrack laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker" | ||
| banter, chaff, jolly, josh, kid be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" | ||
| tease - annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer" | ||
| badger, pester, bug, beleaguer | ||
| bedevil, frustrate, torment, crucify, dun, rag torment emotionally or mentally | ||
| tease - to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them; "The advertisement is intended to tease the customers"; "She has a way of teasing men with her flirtatious behavior" | ||
| keep in line, manipulate, control treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed | ||
| tease - mock or make fun of playfully; "the flirting man teased the young woman" | ||
| jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, ridicule, blackguard, guy, rib, roast subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday" | ||
| tease - disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool" | ||
| tease apart, loosen | ||
| unsnarl, disentangle, straighten out extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?" | ||
| tease - ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect | ||
| fluff | ||
| comb out, comb, disentangle smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool" | ||
| tease - raise the nap of (fabrics) | ||
| change surface undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface | ||
| tease - separate the fibers of; "tease wool" | ||
| card | ||
| separate divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff" | ||
| tease - tear into pieces; "tease tissue for microscopic examinations" | ||
| rip up, shred, tear up tear into shreds | ||
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Wiktionary 
- tease (Noun)
One who teases. - tease (Noun)
A single act of teasing. - tease (Noun)
A cock tease ; an exotic dancer ; a stripper. - tease (Verb)
To separate the fibres of a fibrous material. - tease (Verb)
To comb originally with teasels so that the fibres all lie in one direction. - tease (Verb)
To back-comb. - tease (Verb)
To poke fun at. - tease (Verb)
To provoke or disturb by annoying remarks and other annoyances. - tease (Verb)
To entice, to tempt.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- tease (v. t.)
To comb or card, as wool or flax. - tease (v. t.)
To stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap; teasel. - tease (v. t.)
To tear or separate into minute shreds, as with needles or similar instruments. - tease (v. t.)
To vex with importunity or impertinence; to harass, annoy, disturb, or irritate by petty requests, or by jests and raillery; to plague. - tease (n.)
One who teases or plagues.
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(Fabric) To use a card device or machine to separate the fibers of a fabric. -
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The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously. -
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To harass with persistent criticism or carping.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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tēz, v.t. to comb or card, as wool: to scratch, as cloth: to raise a nap: to vex with importunity, jests, &c.: to torment, irritate.—n. one who teases or torments.—n. Teas′er, one who teases out anything: the stoker of a glass-works furnace.—adj. Teas′ing, vexatious.—adv. Teas′ingly. [A.S. tǽsan, to pluck; Dut. teezen, Ger. zeisen.]
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