Tease

Tease
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verb (used with object), teased, teas·ing.
to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling jests, or other annoyances, often in a playful way: If your little sister is teasing you about your boyfriend and following you around making kissy faces, it’s because she’s jealous and wants your attention.
to bully, harass, or torment: I was teased about my lisp when I was younger. New animals are kept isolated when they first arrive at the sanctuary to prevent the established pack from teasing or frightening them.
to purposely excite or sexually arouse (someone) without subsequent gratification: Don’t tease me with vacation ideas you know we can’t afford! She teased her fiancé with a sexy little dance even though she knew they couldn’t go all the way with a house full of guests.
to pull apart or separate the adhering fibers of (wool or the like), as in combing or carding; comb or card, as wool; shred .
to ruffle (the hair) by holding it at the ends and combing toward the scalp so as to give body to a hairdo.
to raise a nap on (cloth) with teasels; teasel .
to introduce (a new product) without revealing details about it, conveying only that the product exists and will be available at a future date: Both developers teased next generation game consoles at the expo, but neither released specs.
verb (used without object), teased, teas·ing.
to provoke, disturb, torment, or bully a person or animal with persistent annoyances or harassment.
a person who purposely excites or sexually arouses another, but then withholds gratification: The weatherman needs to stop being such a tease with these predicted snow days. All I did was set some sexual boundaries, but now he's spreading rumors that I'm a tease.
the act of teasing or the state of being teased.
tease out, to discover, understand, or disentangle (complex, interconnected, or hidden information): Only recently have scientists teased out a causal link between sleep loss and mood disorders, like anxiety.
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First recorded before 1000; Middle English verb tese(n), teise, Old English tǣsan “to pull, tear, comb”; cognate with Middle Low German tesen, Old High German zeisan “to pluck”; the noun is derivative of the verb
OTHER WORDS FROM tease teas·a·ble, adjective teas·a·ble·ness, noun out·tease, verb (used with object), out·teased, out·teas·ing. un·teased, adjective
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to annoy (someone) by deliberately offering something with the intention of delaying or withdrawing the offer
to arouse sexual desire in (someone) with no intention of satisfying it
to vex (someone) maliciously or playfully, esp by ridicule
(tr) to separate the fibres of; comb; card
(tr) to raise the nap of (a fabric) with a teasel
Also: backcomb US and Canadian to comb the under layers of (the hair) towards the roots to give more bulk to a hairstyle
(tr) to loosen or pull apart (biological tissues, etc) by delicate agitation or prodding with an instrument
Derived forms of tease teasing , adjective teasingly , adverb
Old English tǣsan; related to Old High German zeisan to pick
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
To separate the structural parts of a tissue, as with a needle, in order to prepare it for microscopic examination.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
At the time, they were a tease , revealing little detail about their “incredibly exciting” method that matched experimental results in accuracy.
It is this giant tease , as though someone built Carnegie Hall but forgot to put doors on it.
That’s the tantalizing tease Malcolm Gladwell drops in his Revisionist History podcast episode on memory … and how it failed the NBC News anchor in the worst possible way.
Greenhouse tomatoes are ever-present — they’re a tease , often watery and dull.
Flood said Emrick will have a limited role with NBC and will provide the voice-over for the opening tease on Wednesday night’s telecast.
He proceeds to tease me, asking if our interview is “secretly a date?”
His youngest son, Orange Scott, was a rough-and-tumble trickster and a terrible tease .
The sexual acts are mysterious, unpredictable, and passionate; they tease your senses.
We were about to go to sleep, but I decided to tease him about his weird habit of having the pillow a certain way on the bed.
Journalism assumes an immutable truth, that a few more calls, a bit more reporting will tease it out of reluctant informants.
Osmond Orgreave entered the room, quizzical, and at once began to tease Clayhanger about the infrequency of his visits.
The moment we arrive at the house the others begin to tease us and leave us together.
The two engineers, being idle, had drunk liquor and were trying to tease the animals nearby.
She told us children never to tease him, or worry him, but that we needn't be afraid of him, either.
Dont tease me, she said, so quietly that an embarrassing silence fell between them.

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a. To make fun of (someone) playfully or taunt annoyingly: was teased by my classmates for being skinny; teased him about driving such a fast car.
b. To say in a playful or mocking way: "But you're too young to get married," he teased.
c. To provoke or irritate, as with physical movements: teased the cat by dangling a string in its face.
d. To arouse sexual desire in (someone) deliberately with no intention of having sex.
e. To urge persistently; coax: teased their mother to let them stay up late.
a. To disentangle and dress the fibers of (wool, for example).
b. To ruffle (the hair) by combing from the ends toward the scalp for an airy, full effect.
c. To raise the nap of (cloth) by dressing, as with a fuller's teasel.
d. To cut (tissue, for example) into pieces for examination.
e. To extract, identify, or cause to come about. Used with out : The director teased a good performance out of the actors. The researcher teased out the factors involved in the disease.
To annoy or make fun of someone persistently: I was just teasing.
1. An act of teasing, especially a playfully mocking remark: his tease of his friend's little sister.
a. A person who makes fun of or annoys others, as with playful or taunting remarks.
[Middle English tesen , to comb apart , from Old English tǣsan .]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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. (Textiles) ( tr ) to separate the fibres of; comb; card
5. (Textiles) ( tr ) to raise the nap of (a fabric) with a teasel
6. (Hairdressing & Grooming) Also: backcomb US and Canadian to comb the under layers of (the hair) towards the roots to give more bulk to a hairstyle
7. (Biology) ( tr ) to loosen or pull apart (biological tissues, etc) by delicate agitation or prodding with an instrument
8. a person or thing that teases
[Old English tǣsan; related to Old High German zeisan to pick]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
1. to irritate or provoke with petty taunts, playful mockery, pretended offers, persistent requests, or other annoyances, often in sport.
2. to comb or card (wool or the like); shred.
3. to ruffle (the hair) by holding at the ends and combing toward the scalp so as to give body to a hairdo.
5. to tease a person or animal.
7. the act of teasing or the state of being teased.
8. Also, teaser. a short scene or highlight shown at the beginning of a film or television show to engage the audience's attention.
[before 1000; Middle English tesen (v.), Old English tǣsan to pull, tear, comb, c. Middle Dutch, Middle Low German tēzen, Old High German zeisan to pluck]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
Thesaurus Antonyms Related Words Synonyms Legend:
unwelcome person , persona non grata - a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome
adult female , woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
harassment , molestation - the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism
bedevil , dun , rag , torment , frustrate , crucify - treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
bemock , mock - treat with contempt; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles"
jeer , scoff , flout , gibe , 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"
keep in line , control , manipulate - control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage; "She manipulates her boss"; "She is a very controlling mother and doesn't let her children grow up"; "The teacher knew how to keep the class in line"; "she keeps in line"
rip up , shred , tear up - tear into shreds
change surface - undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface
unsnarl , disentangle , straighten out - extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?"
separate - divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff"
blackguard , guy , jest at , laugh at , make fun , poke fun , ridicule , roast , rib - 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"
comb out , comb , disentangle - smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
1. mock , bait , wind up (Brit. slang) , worry , bother , provoke , annoy , needle (informal) , plague (informal) , rag , rib (informal) , torment , ridicule , taunt , aggravate (informal) , badger , pester , vex , goad , bedevil , take the mickey out of (informal) , twit , take the piss out of (taboo slang) , chaff , guy (informal) , gibe , pull someone's leg (informal) , make fun of He teased me mercilessly about going there.
2. tantalize , lead on , flirt with , titillate When did you last flirt with him or tease him?
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
مُضايِق، مُعَذِّب يَسْخَرُ يُضايِق بالمُزاح يُضايِق، يُنَكِّد
houkutella kiusata strippari viekoitella vietellä
erzintojas mėgėjas erzinti šaipūnas
kaitināt ķircināt ķircinātājs smējējs
1. (= person, leg-puller ) → bromista mf , guasón/ona m/f he's a dreadful tease → es muy bromista , es muy guasón
2. (= flirt ) he's a dreadful tease → le gusta mucho flirtear
3. (= joke ) to do sth for a tease → hacer algo para divertirse
1. [+ person ] (= make fun of ) → tomar el pelo a, mofarse de ; (= annoy ) → fastidiar , molestar ; ( cruelly ) → atormentar ; ( sexually ) → coquetear con they tease her about her hair → la molestan con chistes acerca de su pelo I don't like being teased → no me gusta que se me tome el pelo
tease out VT + ADV [+ tangles ] → desenredar , separar ( fig ) [+ information ] → sonsacar , ir sacando
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
(= flirtatious woman ) → allumeuse f
[+ person ] → taquiner He's teasing you → Il te taquine . to tease sb about sth → taquiner qn sur qch
[+ animal ] → tourmenter Stop teasing that poor animal! → Arrête de tourmenter cette pauvre bête !
vi → plaisanter I was only teasing → Je plaisantais . tea service n → service m à thé tea set n → service m à thé tea shop teashop [ˈtiːʃɒp] n (British) → salon m de thé
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
person → necken ; animal → reizen ; (= torment) → quälen ; ( = make fun of : because of stutter etc) → aufziehen , hänseln ( about wegen) ; (= pull leg, have on) → auf den Arm nehmen (inf) , → veralbern (inf)
(= ease gently) he tease d the red into the pocket/the rope through the crack → er manipulierte die rote Kugel ins Loch / schob das Seil geschickt durch den Spalt
give it back to her, don’t tease → gib es ihr zurück und neck sie nicht
n ( inf : = person ) → Scherzbold m (inf) ; don’t be a tease , give it back to her → neck sie nicht , gibs ihr zurück ; he’s a real tease → ihm sitzt der Schalk im Nacken (hum) , → er ist ein kleiner Schäker (inf) ; she’s/he’s just a tease (sexually) → sie/er geilt einen nur auf (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
2. vt ( playfully ) → stuzzicare ; ( make fun of ) → prendere in giro , canzonare ; ( cruelly ) → tormentare
a. ( tangle, knots ) → sbrogliare to tease the tangles or knots out of one's hair → sbogliarsi i capelli
b. to tease information out of sb → cavare delle informazioni a qn
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
1. to annoy or irritate on purpose. He's teasing the cat. terg, tart يُضايِق، يُنَكِّد дразня implicar com dráždit necken drille πειράζω , ενοχλώ molestar , irritar; provocar, picar õrritama اذیت کردن kiusata agacer לְהַקנִיט छेड़ना dražiti, gnjaviti ingerel mengganggu stríða stuzzicare , tormentare いじめる 괴롭히다 erzinti kaitināt mengusik-usik plagen erte drażnić arreliar a sâcâi дразнить dráždiť nagajati zadirkivati reta หยอกล้อ kızdırmak 逗弄 дражнити ستانا، تنگ کرنا trêu, nô đùa 逗弄
2. to annoy or laugh at (a person) playfully. His school-friends tease him about his size. terg, tart يُضايِق بالمُزاح закачам brincar com škádlit hänseln drille κοροϊδεύω tomar el pelo ; meterse con alguien; reírse de alguien nöökima دست انداختن kiusoitella taquiner לְהַקנִיט चिढ़ना, सताना, तंग करन (उप्हासात्मक उक्तियों द्वारा) zadirkivati, zafrkavati ugrat mengejek stríða canzonare からかう 놀리다 erzinti ķircināt mengusik-usik plagen erte żartować z, docinać brincar com a tachina поддразнивать prekárať, doberať si zafrkavati zadirkivati reta, retas med หยอกเย้า takılmak 取笑 дражнити چھيڑنا quấy rầy 取笑
a person who enjoys teasing others. He's a tease! terggees مُضايِق، مُعَذِّب човек, който обича да дразни implicante škádlil, posměváček der Hänsler drillepind πειραχτήρι provocad
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