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tease


Definition: Meaning of, tease in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / tiːz /

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Prsesent Past Past Participle
tease teased teased
Present Participle Third Person Singular
teasing teases
  1. laugh [intransitive and transitive] to laugh at someone and make jokes in order to have fun by embarrassing them, either in a friendly way or in an unkind way
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  2. annoy an animal [transitive] to deliberately annoy an animal
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  3. sex [intransitive and transitive] to deliberately make someone sexually excited without intending to have sex with them, in a way that seems unkind
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  4. hair [transitive] American English to comb your hair in the opposite direction to which it grows, so that it looks thicker [=  backcomb British English]
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tease teases
[countable] [informal]
  1. someone who enjoys making jokes at people, and embarrassing them, especially in a friendly way
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  2. something that you say or do as a joke, to tease someone
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  3. someone who deliberately makes you sexually excited, but has no intention of having sex with you
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tease used in phrases

  • tease apart (verb)
    1. disentangle and raise the fibers of
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tease used in phrasal verbs

  • tease out (phrasal verb)
    1. to succeed in discovering something difficult, complicated, or secret
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Parts of Speech: noun
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