tease
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English tesen, from Old English tǣsan (“to tease”), from Proto-Germanic *taisijanan (“to separate, tug, shred”), from Proto-Indo-European *dāy- (“to separate, divide”). Cognate with Dutch tezen (“to pull, tug, scratch”), Danish tæse (“to tease”). Related to touse, tose.
[edit] Noun
tease (plural teases)
- One who teases.
- A single act of teasing.
- A cock tease; an exotic dancer; a stripper.
[edit] Translations
one who teases
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stripper — see stripper
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[edit] Verb
tease (third-person singular simple present teases, present participle teasing, simple past and past participle teased)
- To separate the fibres of a fibrous material
- To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction
- To back-comb
- To poke fun at.
- To provoke or disturb by annoying remarks and other annoyances.
- To entice, to tempt.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
to separate the fibers
to comb
to poke fun at
to provoke or disturb
to entice
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