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What (who) is tease - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Tease (disambiguation)
tease
¦ verb
1. playfully make fun of or attempt to provoke.
tempt sexually.
2. gently pull or comb (tangled wool, hair, etc.) into separate strands.
chiefly N. Amer. backcomb (hair).
archaic comb (the surface of woven cloth) to raise a nap.
3. (tease something out) find something out by searching through a mass of information.
¦ noun informal
1. an act of teasing.
2. a person who teases.
a person who tempts someone sexually with no intention of satisfying the desire aroused.
Derivatives
teasing adjective &noun
teasingly adverb
Origin
OE tsan, of W. Gmc origin; related to teasel.
tease
(teases, teasing, teased)
1.
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.
VERB: V n, V n about n/-ing, V with quote
•
Tease is also a noun.
Calling her by her real name had always been one of his teases.
N-COUNT
• teasing
She tolerated the teasing, until the fourth grade.
N-UNCOUNT: also the N
2.
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...
N-COUNT: usu sing
3.
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?
VERB: V, V n
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.
Later she heard he had told one of her friends she was a tease.
N-COUNT: usu sing [disapproval]
5.
tease
v.
1) (D; tr.) to tease about (they teased her about her new hairdo)
2) (D; tr.) to tease into (to tease smb. into doing smt.)
Wikipedia
Tease
Tease may refer to:
- Teasing
- Tease (EP) by Piano Overlord
- Tease (TV series), a U.S. TV series presented by Lisa Rinna
- Tease (band), an American R&B band from Los Angeles formed in 1979.
Examples of use of tease
1. She would tease her friends, tease her teachers, tease her coaches.
2. "She was often naked, and would tease people provocatively.
3. Being sexy is about suggestion; it’s about the tease.
4. "We are telling commuters regularly not to tease the elephant.
5. Appleby‘s friends tease him that he carries a curse.