ALL meanings of tease
tease
T t - verb with object tease to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport. 1
- verb with object tease to pull apart or separate the adhering fibers of (wool or the like), as in combing or carding; comb or card, as wool; shred. 1
- verb with object tease to ruffle (the hair) by holding it at the ends and combing toward the scalp so as to give body to a hairdo. 1
- verb with object tease to raise a nap on (cloth) with teasels; teasel. 1
- verb with object tease Also, teaser. Television Slang. a short scene or highlight shown at the beginning of a film or television show to attract the audience's attention. 1
- verb without object tease to provoke or disturb a person or animal by importunity or persistent petty annoyances. 1
- noun tease a person who teases or annoys. 1
- noun tease the act of teasing or the state of being teased. 1
- transitive verb tease make fun of 1
- transitive verb tease annoy 1
- noun tease person who teases 1
- noun tease flirt 1
- intransitive verb tease disturb, provoke 1
- transitive verb tease comb: hair 1
- abbreviation TEASE tantalize 1
- verb tease To tease someone means to laugh at them or make jokes about them in order to embarrass, annoy, or upset them. 0
- verb tease Tease is also a noun. 0
- countable noun tease If you refer to someone as a tease, you mean that they like laughing at people or making jokes about them. 0
- verb tease 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. 0
- countable noun tease 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. 0
- verb tease to annoy (someone) by deliberately offering something with the intention of delaying or withdrawing the offer 0
- verb tease to arouse sexual desire in (someone) with no intention of satisfying it 0
- verb tease to vex (someone) maliciously or playfully, esp by ridicule 0
- verb tease to separate the fibres of; comb; card 0
- verb tease to raise the nap of (a fabric) with a teasel 0
- verb tease to comb the under layers of (the hair) towards the roots to give more bulk to a hairstyle 0
- verb tease to loosen or pull apart (biological tissues, etc) by delicate agitation or prodding with an instrument 0
- noun tease a person or thing that teases 0
- noun tease the act of teasing 0
- verb transitive tease to separate the fibers of; card or comb (flax, wool, etc.) 0
- verb transitive tease to fluff (the hair) by brushing or combing in strokes from the hair ends toward the scalp 0
- verb transitive tease to gently shred or pull apart (tissues, etc.) for microscopic examination, cellular research, etc. 0
- verb transitive tease to reveal, extract, obtain, etc. by painstaking effort 0
- verb transitive tease to raise a nap on (cloth) by brushing with teasels; teasel 0
- verb transitive tease to annoy or harass by persistent mocking or poking fun, playful fooling, etc. 0
- verb transitive tease to urge persistently; importune 0
- verb transitive tease to tantalize 0
- verb transitive tease to excite sexually without intending to satisfy the desire aroused 0
- intransitive verb tease to indulge in teasing 0
- noun tease a teasing or being teased 0
- noun tease a person who teases 0