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Princeton's WordNet

  1. tease, teaser, annoyer, vexernoun

    someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)

  2. coquette, flirt, vamp, vamper, minx, tease, prickteasernoun

    a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

  3. 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"

  4. tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguerverb

    annoy persistently

    "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"

  5. 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"

  6. 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"

  7. teaseverb

    tear into pieces

    "tease tissue for microscopic examinations"

  8. teaseverb

    raise the nap of (fabrics)

  9. tease, tease apart, loosenverb

    disentangle and raise the fibers of

    "tease wool"

  10. tease, cardverb

    separate the fibers of

    "tease wool"

  11. teaseverb

    mock or make fun of playfully

    "the flirting man teased the young woman"

  12. tease, fluffverb

    ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect

Wiktionary

  1. teasenoun

    One who teases.

  2. teasenoun

    A single act of teasing.

  3. teasenoun

    A cock tease; an exotic dancer; a stripper.

  4. teaseverb

    To separate the fibres of a fibrous material

  5. teaseverb

    To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction

  6. teaseverb

    To back-comb

  7. teaseverb

    To poke fun at.

  8. teaseverb

    To provoke or disturb by annoying remarks and other annoyances.

  9. teaseverb

    To entice, to tempt.

  10. Etymology: From tesen, from tæsan, from taisijanan, from dāy-. Cognate with tezen, tæse. Related to touse, tose.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. Teaseverb

    to comb or card, as wool or flax

  2. Teaseverb

    to stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap; teasel

  3. Teaseverb

    to tear or separate into minute shreds, as with needles or similar instruments

  4. Teaseverb

    to vex with importunity or impertinence; to harass, annoy, disturb, or irritate by petty requests, or by jests and raillery; to plague

  5. Teasenoun

    one who teases or plagues

Wikidata

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of tease in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of tease in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of tease in a Sentence

  1. Ryan Pack:

    When God gives you so much potential but won't let you reach it, when you wanna move forward but the world won't let you, it's like swaying a bone in front of a dog, you know he wants it but you don't give it to him, you would rather tease him with it instead, it's just God's way, the world's way of being cruel to you and keeping you down.

  2. Matija Cuk:

    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.

  3. Kathleen Page:

    There is controversy surrounding the use of artificial sweeteners because a lot of people are using them for weight loss, while some studies suggest they may be helpful, others show they may be contributing to weight gain, type 2 diabetes and other metabolic disorders. Our study looked at different population groups to tease out some of the reasons behind those conflicting results.

  4. Roger Stone:

    > Washington( CNN) In one of the most anticipated congressional hearings in -- at least -- a generation, Michael Cohens spent better than six hours answering questions from members of Committee Democrats about the decade he spent working for Donald Trump.Much of the hearing was simply partisan jousting. Committee Democrats sought to tease out details of Trump's role in hush money payments made to two women alleging affairs with Ivanka Trump in the mid-2000s, and how long conversations about the Trump Tower Moscow project continued into the 2016 general election campaign. Republicans sought to remind people that Cohen was a liar, having already pleaded guilty to lying to Congress, and was likely to write a book about his experiences. ( I'm still not sure what that second point has to do with anything, but that's what they focused on !) Amid all of the yelling and partisanship, however, we did learn some things from Cohen. And he confirmed some other things. My list is below.1. Cohen said Ivanka Trump spoke with Roger Stone about WikiLeaksSaid Cohen in Ivanka Trump opening statement :.

  5. Yara Shalaby:

    I loved the desert environment since I was a kid. I used to go on safaris and camps all the time, but being able to race in the desert gives me a special rush and joy, when I first started racing, male drivers used to tease me ... But now, I get really good feedback from them. They are usually very excited about my achievements and they constantly encourage me.

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Translations for tease

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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
  • Chinese

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