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- Dictionarytease/tiːz/
verb
- 1. make fun of or attempt to provoke (a person or animal) in a playful way: "I used to tease her about being so house-proud"
- 2. gently pull or comb (tangled wool, hair, etc.) into separate strands: "she was teasing out the curls into her usual hairstyle"
noun
- 1. a person who makes fun of someone playfully or unkindly: informal "some think of him as a tease who likes to keep others guessing"
- 2. an act of teasing someone: "she couldn't resist a gentle tease"
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TEASE definition: 1. to laugh at someone or say unkind things about them, either because you are joking or because…. Learn more.
: to disturb or annoy by persistent irritating or provoking especially in a petty or mischievous way. c. : to annoy with petty persistent requests : pester. also : to obtain by repeated coaxing. d. : to persuade to acquiesce especially by persistent small efforts : coax. e. : to manipulate or influence as if by teasing. 2.
tease. verb. /tiːz/ Verb Forms. Phrasal Verbs. [intransitive, transitive] to laugh at somebody and make jokes about them, either in a friendly way or in order to annoy them or make them embarrassed. Don't get upset—I was only teasing. tease somebody I used to get teased about my name.
To tease is to pick on someone or to give false hope. You can tease your little sister by saying "nanny nanny boo boo" or by holding a cookie just out of her reach. Tease, a modern spelling of the Old English taesan “pluck, pull apart" is now associated with the act of harassing.
tease. ( tiːz) vb. 1. to annoy (someone) by deliberately offering something with the intention of delaying or withdrawing the offer. 2. to arouse sexual desire in (someone) with no intention of satisfying it. 3. to vex (someone) maliciously or playfully, esp by ridicule. 4.
If you refer to someone as a tease, you mean that they pretend to offer someone what they want, especially sex, but then do not give it to them. [ disapproval ] The other girls told me he was a tease so I kept my distance at first.
Tease definition: to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling jests, or other annoyances, often in a playful way. See examples of TEASE used in a sentence.
TEASE definition: to laugh at someone or say unkind things to them, either because you are joking or because you want…. Learn more.
• By definition, a tease lasts about ten seconds or less and the information it contains works like a headline. • But exhilaration is like any other high, a tease, a trick. • What a tease life was, to be sure! • Erin's such a big tease. • As one increasingly explicit act followed another, it became clear that the emphasis is on strip ...
tease meaning: to laugh at someone or say unkind things to them, either because you are joking or because you want…. Learn more.
