What does tease mean?
Definitions for tease
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word tease.
Princeton's WordNet
tease, teaser, annoyer, vexernoun
someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)
coquette, flirt, vamp, vamper, minx, tease, prickteasernoun
a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
tease, teasing, ribbing, tantalizationverb
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"
tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguerverb
annoy persistently
"The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, rideverb
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"
teaseverb
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"
teaseverb
tear into pieces
"tease tissue for microscopic examinations"
teaseverb
raise the nap of (fabrics)
tease, tease apart, loosenverb
disentangle and raise the fibers of
"tease wool"
tease, cardverb
separate the fibers of
"tease wool"
teaseverb
mock or make fun of playfully
"the flirting man teased the young woman"
tease, fluffverb
ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
Wiktionary
teasenoun
One who teases.
teasenoun
A single act of teasing.
teasenoun
A cock tease; an exotic dancer; a stripper.
teaseverb
To separate the fibres of a fibrous material
teaseverb
To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction
teaseverb
To back-comb
teaseverb
To poke fun at.
teaseverb
To provoke or disturb by annoying remarks and other annoyances.
teaseverb
To entice, to tempt.
Etymology: From tesen, from tæsan, from taisijanan, from dāy-. Cognate with tezen, tæse. Related to touse, tose.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To TEASEverb
Etymology: tæsan , Saxon.
Not by the force of carnal reason,
But indefatigable teasing. Samuel Butler.My friends always tease me about him, because he has no estate. Spectator, №. 475.
After having been present in publick debates, he was teased by his mother to inform her of what had passed. Addison.
We system-makers can sustain
The thesis, which you grant was plain;
And with remarks and comments tease ye,
In case the thing before was easy. Matthew Prior.
ChatGPT
tease
Tease refers to the act of making fun of or attempting to provoke a person, animal, or group in a playful, mock-annoying, or contemptuous manner. It can also refer to the act of temptingly presenting something to someone's notice or use variety and manipulation to stimulate interest or desire.
Webster Dictionary
Teaseverb
to comb or card, as wool or flax
Teaseverb
to stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap; teasel
Teaseverb
to tear or separate into minute shreds, as with needles or similar instruments
Teaseverb
to vex with importunity or impertinence; to harass, annoy, disturb, or irritate by petty requests, or by jests and raillery; to plague
Teasenoun
one who teases or plagues
Wikidata
Tease
Actress Lisa Rinna is the host of Oxygen Network's Tease, airing since 2007. Known to television audiences from her starring roles on Dancing with the Stars, Soap Talk, Melrose Place and Days of our Lives, Emmy-nominated Rinna is also recognizable for her signature layered hairstyle. Each Tease episode features two up-and-coming hair stylists as they face-off in an exciting Olympics-style tournament. The aspiring stylists put their skills to the tress test in front of a panel of expert judges: hairstylist Peter Ishkhans, model Roshumba Williams and agent Frank Moore. The aspiring stylists compete for a chance at the supreme challenge – a one-on-one battle with one of three high-profile master stylists, Clyde Haygood, Stephanie Hobgood and Kim Vo. Should the aspiring stylist surpass the expertise of a hair pro, his or her photo is hung on the Tease hair wall of fame and he or she receives the “silver scissors”, the crowning symbol of a styling victory. Each episode includes a themed timed challenge designed to push the stylists’ skills to the limit. The challenges in the 2007 season include: Ep#1 Celeb Look-alike Ep#2 Long to Short Ep#3 Blondes Have More Fun Ep#4 Identical Twins Ep#5 Rock n' Roll Hair Ep#6 Avant Garde
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Tease
tēz, v.t. to comb or card, as wool: to scratch, as cloth: to raise a nap: to vex with importunity, jests, &c.: to torment, irritate.—n. one who teases or torments.—n. Teas′er, one who teases out anything: the stoker of a glass-works furnace.—adj. Teas′ing, vexatious.—adv. Teas′ingly. [A.S. tǽsan, to pluck; Dut. teezen, Ger. zeisen.]
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
TEASE
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Tease is ranked #64054 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Tease surname appeared 311 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Tease.
72.3% or 225 total occurrences were White.
20.9% or 65 total occurrences were Black.
3.2% or 10 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.9% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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Anagrams for tease »
setae
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tease in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tease in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of tease in a Sentence
Larger research studies are needed which include a placebo group and can tease out which specific parts of the psychotherapy the MDMA may be helping with.
Bryer Schmegelsky was Bryer Schmegelsky. I never get to hug Bryer Schmegelsky again. I never get to tease Bryer Schmegelsky again. I never get to spend a minute with Bryer Schmegelsky again, a lot of parents know how I feel right now.
A lot more research is needed to tease apart what it is in coffee that might be having these effects.
But that fact allows us to use computer simulations to tease out the history of Saturn’s inner moons, doing so, we find that they were most likely born during the most recent 2 percent of the planet’s history. Related : Saturn's largest moon Titan is bursting with color Researchers had long thought Saturn’s rings were as old as the planet itself. But that thinking changed in 2012, when French astronomers found that tidal effects – the gravitational interaction of the inner moons with fluids deep in Saturn’s interior – are causing them to spiral to larger orbital radii comparatively quickly. The implication, given their present positions, is that these moons, and presumably the rings, are not so old. That still did n’t answer exactly when they were born. Cuk and his team turned to results from NASA’s Cassini mission, which has observed ice geysers on Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Assuming that the energy powering these geysers comes directly from tidal interactions and that Enceladus ’ level of geothermal activity is more or less constant, then the tides within Saturn are quite strong. According to the team’s analysis, these would move the satellite by the small amount indicated by the simulations in only about 100 million years. Related : Cassini probe takes' cosmic bulls-eye' of Saturn moons Enceladus, Tethys This would date the formation of the major moons of Saturn, with the exception of more distant Titan and Iapetus, to the relatively recent Cretaceous Period, the era of the dinosaurs.
Elizabeth Scala -LRB- @swiftieprof -RRB-:
I want to take what Taylor Swift fans can already do at a sophisticated level, tease it out for them a bit with a different vocabulary, and then show them how, in fact, Taylor Swift draws on richer literary traditions in Read MoreStudents songwriting, both topically but also formally in terms of how Read MoreStudents uses references, metaphors, and clever manipulations of words, i'll be showing students that these operations and interpretive moves one makes when reading Read MoreStudents songs are appropriate to all forms of writing.
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- يغيظArabic
- pentinarCatalan, Valencian
- škádlit, vtipálekCzech
- drille, drillepindDanish
- necken, aufziehen, reizen, verführen, auf den Arm nehmen, verarschen, hänseln, provozieren, hecheln, kämmenGerman
- burlarse, tentar, embromar, peinar, cardar, incitar, molestar, tomar el pelo, alborotar, provocarSpanish
- کسی را دست انداختنPersian
- kiusoitella, kiusata, vietellä, houkutella, viekoitella, ärsyttää, härnätäFinnish
- taquinerFrench
- tarraing àScottish Gaelic
- चिढ़ानाHindi
- ugrat, bosszantHungarian
- menggodaIndonesian
- sedurre, tentare, stuzzicare, burlarsi, provocare, pettinare, cardareItalian
- לְהַקְנִיטHebrew
- ちょっかいを出す, 誘う, からかうJapanese
- ಕೀಟಲೆ ಮಾಡುKannada
- 찍접거리다, 놀리다Korean
- VEXOLatin
- прима́мува, закача, за́кача, за́дева, задеваMacedonian
- കളിയാക്കുകMalayalam
- plagenDutch
- plageNorwegian
- droczyć sięPolish
- zombar, cardar, provocar, tirar sarro, seduzir, irritar, pentear, provocação, caçoar, tentarPortuguese
- şicanaRomanian
- мани́ть, начёсывать, поддра́знивать, провоци́ровать, зама́нивать, дразнить, надоеда́ть, дразни́ть, чеса́тьRussian
- provocirati, izazivati, zadirkivatiSerbo-Croatian
- kamma, karda, retaSwedish
- கேலிTamil
- బాధించటంTelugu
- แซวThai
- kızdırmakTurkish
- چڑھاوUrdu
- trêu chọcVietnamese
- טיזYiddish
- 逗Chinese
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