tease

Definition of tease in English English dictionary: A cock tease; an exotic dancer; a stripper; One who teases; To provoke or disturb by annoying remarks and other annoyances; To back-comb; To entice, to tempt; To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction; To separate the fibres of a fibrous material; To poke fun at; A single act of teasing; {v} to comb, wool, search, torment; 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"; To comb or card, as wool or flax; annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"; 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; 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"; raise the nap of (fabrics); disapproval 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. Later she heard he had told one of her friends she was a tease. see also teasing, striptease; separate the fibers of; "tease wool"; someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) ruffle (one's hair) by combing towards the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect 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"; If you say that someone is teasing, you mean that they are pretending to offer you something that you want, especially sex, but then not giving it to you. I thought she was teasing, playing the innocent, but looking back, I'm not so sure When did you last flirt with him or tease him?; To tease someone means to laugh at them or make jokes about them in order to embarrass, annoy, or upset them. He told her how the boys in East Poldown had set on him, teasing him He teased me mercilessly about going Hollywood `You must be expecting a young man,' she teased. Tease is also a noun. Calling her by her real name had always been one of his teases. + teasing teas·ing She tolerated the teasing, until the fourth grade; If you refer to someone as a tease, you mean that they like laughing at people or making jokes about them. My brother's such a tease; a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men; To vex with importunity or impertinence; to harass, annoy, disturb, or irritate by petty requests, or by jests and raillery; to plague; someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity); {i} one who mocks or taunts; act of mocking; annoyance, nuisance; tear into pieces; "tease tissue for microscopic examinations"; mock or make fun of playfully; "the flirting man teased the young woman"; To tear or separate into minute shreds, as with needles or similar instruments; To stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap; teasel; ruffle (one's hair) by combing towards the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect; One who teases or plagues; To entice; raise the nap of (fabrics) tear into pieces; "tease tissue for microscopic examinations"; disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool"; {f} pester, taunt, mock; annoy, irritate; arouse desire without satisfying it, tempt in a sexual manner; comb in the opposite direction, pull hair away from scalp and comb towards the head in order to make hair look thicker; rip into pieces; make fun of a person in a playful manner; raise nap (Fabrics); separate fibers (Fabrics)
tease out: If you tease out information or a solution, you succeed in obtaining it even though this is difficult. They try to tease out the answers without appearing to ask There had to be an answer -- he was sure he could tease it out if only he had time
cock tease: Similarly frustrating teasing, not necessarily either sexual or done by a person
The Bird Flu Is A Cock-Tease and UPDATE: Bird Flu Still a Cock-Tease! (essays on avian flu, using cock as a double entendre meaning male bird and penis) Robinson, Bill (January 16, 2006). Huffington Post Robinson, Bill (April 10, 2006). Huffington Post.
cock tease: A person, usually a woman, who teases a man but then withdraws an alluded-to promise of sexual intercourse
That bird is a total cock tease, she's been winding blokes up all night.
teasing: Present participle of tease
teasing: The act of teasing; making fun of or making light of
Teasing can be seen as a kind of workplace abuse.
to tease: tantalize
strip-tease: burlesque, show where a woman takes off her clothes slowly and seductively
teas: plural of tea
teased: past of tease
teased: feeling mild pleasurable excitement
teases: plural of tease
teasing: the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb
teasing: playful vexation; "the parody was just a form of teasing"
teasing: arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it; "her lazy teasing smile
teasing: playfully vexing (especially by ridicule); "his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell
teasing: A teasing expression or manner shows that the person is not completely serious about what they are saying or doing. `But we're having such fun, aren't we?' he protested with a teasing smile
teasing: arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it; "her lazy teasing smile"
teasing: 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: causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"
teasing: bantering
teasingly: in a way that shows you are joking and trying to have fun by embarrassing someone in a friendly way
teasingly: in a provocative manner, in an annoying manner
teasingly: in a playfully teasing manner; "`You hate things to be out of order, don't you?' she said teasingly"
to tease: spruce

tease

Turkish pronunciation

tiz

Synonyms

annoy, badger, bait, banter, be at, bedevil, beleaguer, bother, chaff, devil, disturb, dog, gibe, give a hard time, gnaw

Pronunciation

/ˈtēz/ /ˈtiːz/

Etymology

[ tEz ] (transitive verb.) before 12th century. From Middle English tesen, from Old English tǣsan (“to tease”), from Proto-Germanic *taisjanan (“to separate, tug, shred”), from Proto-Indo-European *dāy- (“to separate, divide”). Cognate with Dutch tezen (“to pull, tug, scratch”), Danish tæse (“to tease”). Related to touse, tose.