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To tease, typically in a good-natured way
“His classmates have known him since kindergarten and do not tease him about his tics.”
To titillate the senses of
“He chuckled nervously as she began to tease him with her dance moves.”
To harass, annoy, or cause trouble to (someone)
To speak to or treat with disrespect or scornful abuse
To woo or flirt with
To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers
To hold hair and comb it towards the head, thus giving it a bushier look
To persuade someone to do something
To twist or pinch with a sharp or sudden movement
Plural for someone (or something) who teases or mocks another, sometimes in a good-natured way
“William was such a tease, but this time he did not look as though he was teasing. Those green eyes were serious.”
Plural for someone who teases in a flirtatious way
“He's such a tease that it's driving me wild with frustration and desire.”
Plural for someone or something that is annoying
“He'd convinced himself that she was, at best, a pain in the neck, and at worst, a complete tease.”
Plural for a flirtatious or promiscuous young woman
Plural for playing at courtship
Plural for a facetious or insulting remark
Plural for a joke, fib or tease
Plural for an unkind, evil or unscrupulous person
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