tease
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Old English tæsan
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tease (plural teases)
- One who teases.
- A single act of teasing.
- A cock tease; an exotic dancer; a stripper.
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to 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.
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to poke fun at
to provoke or disturb
to entice
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- Anagrams of aeest
- setae